Chinese Character 位 Meanings and components.

Form

位

Meaning

位 meaning[3] in English

Position.

Location.

Place.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 位 can be seen as a composition of 2 main characters.

位 radical

Its radical[1] is: ()

Details

In cangjie it is written with OYT

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 位, looks as follow:

位
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Position . Location . Place . Seat . Classifier For People (Honorific) . Classifier For Binary Bits (E.G. 十六位 16-Bit Or 2 Bytes) . (Physics) Potential
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter