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Chinese symbol for “phoneme”

音位
yīn wèi
phoneme

The closest CC-CEDICT match for phoneme is 音位 (yīn wèi), defined as: phoneme.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “phoneme”

WordPinyinMeaning
音素yīn sùphoneme
音韵 (音韻)yīn yùnmusic; rhyme and rhythm

Related words

Other words that share a character with 音位.

WordPinyinMeaning
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
语音 (語音)yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation
录音 (錄音)lù yīnto record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn))
影音yǐng yīn(Tw) audio and video; audiovisual
音乐会 (音樂會)yīn yuè huìconcert; 场 (chǎng)
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at

See also: Japanese symbol for “phoneme”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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