Chinese symbol for “position”
位
wèi
position; location; place; seat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for position is 位 (wèi), defined as: position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes).
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
Other Chinese words for “position”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地位 | dì wèi | position; status |
| 位置 | wèi zhi | position; place |
| 立场 (立場) | lì chǎng | position; standpoint |
| 职位 (職位) | zhí wèi | position; post; job |
| 阵地 (陣地) | zhèn dì | (military) position; front |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 位.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 位于 (位於) | wèi yú | to be located at; to be situated at |
| 地位 | dì wèi | position; status |
| 位置 | wèi zhi | position; place |
| 这位 (這位) | zhè wèi | this (person) |
| 各位 | gè wèi | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “position”.
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.