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Chinese symbol for “subunit”

亚单位
yà dān wèi
Traditional: 亞單位
subunit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subunit is 亚单位 (yà dān wèi), defined as: subunit.

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

亚 yà
Asia; second
radical 7 ⼆ · 6 strokes
单 dān
single, individual, only; lone
radical 24 ⼗ · 8 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 亚单位.

WordPinyinMeaning
南亚 (南亞)nán Yàsouthern Asia
亚军 (亞軍)yà jūnsecond place (in a sports contest); runner-up
亚热带 (亞熱帶)yà rè dàisubtropical (zone or climate)
亚科 (亞科)yà kēsubfamily (taxonomy)
路亚 (路亞)lù yà(loanword) lure fishing
亚麻 (亞麻)yà máflax
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
简单 (簡單)jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at

See also: Japanese symbol for “subunit”.

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.