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Chinese symbol for “tonnage”

吨位
dūn wèi
Traditional: 噸位
tonnage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tonnage is 吨位 (dūn wèi), defined as: tonnage.

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

吨 dūn
a metric ton
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “tonnage”

WordPinyinMeaning
吨级 (噸級)dūn jítonnage; class in tons (of a passenger ship)
吨数 (噸數)dūn shùtonnage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吨位.

WordPinyinMeaning
公吨 (公噸)gōng dūnton; metric ton
吨级 (噸級)dūn jítonnage; class in tons (of a passenger ship)
千吨 (千噸)qiān dūnkiloton
百万吨 (百萬噸)bǎi wàn dūnmegaton; million tons
总吨位 (總噸位)zǒng dūn wèioverall tonnage (of a shipping fleet or company)
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
地位dì wèiposition; status

See also: Japanese symbol for “tonnage”.

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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