Chinese symbol for “unit”
单位
dān wèi
Traditional: 單位
unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unit is 单位 (dān wèi), defined as: unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单元 (單元) | dān yuán | unit (forming an entity); element |
| 部队 (部隊) | bù duì | army; armed forces |
| 装置 (裝置) | zhuāng zhì | to install; installation |
| 机组 (機組) | jī zǔ | flight crew (on a plane); unit (apparatus) |
| 组件 (組件) | zǔ jiàn | module; unit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 单位.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 单纯 (單純) | dān chún | simple; pure |
| 单一 (單一) | dān yī | single; only |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unit”.
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.