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 shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and surname Li (立)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OYT

How to write 位

To write位wei4position you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 立li4surname Li arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 立 = 位

位 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 位 should be followed in this specific way.

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

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