位 — kanji meaning “rank”
位
rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
- Meanings
- rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
- On'yomi
- イ (i)
- Kun'yomi
- くらい、ぐらい
- Name readings
- ぞき
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #276 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- wèi — Chinese character page
Words with 位
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 位置 | いち ichi | place; position; location |
| 単位 | たんい tan'i | unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination |
| 地位 | ちい chii | (social) position; status; standing |
| 順位 | じゅんい jun'i | order; rank; position (e.g. in a race) |
| 上位 | じょうい joui | superior (in rank); top; ranking |
| 首位 | しゅい shui | first place; head position; leading position |
| 優位 | ゆうい yuui | predominance; superiority; ascendancy |
| 方位 | ほうい houi | bearing; heading; point of the compass |
| 学位 | がくい gakui | (academic) degree |
| 下位 | かい kai | low rank; lower position; subordinate position |
| 部位 | ぶい bui | part (esp. of the body); region; site |
| 本位 | ほんい hon'i | standard; basis; principle |
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