位(wèi)

HSK 27 strokes

position

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Character information

Pinyin
wèi
Meaning
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 位 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰亻立

The place where a person 亻 stands 立

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亻rén立lì

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 位 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 位

Common words using 位 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

gè各wèi位
HSK 3

everybody

Open 各位 page →
wèi位yú于
HSK 4

to be located at

Open 位于 page →
wèi位zhì置
HSK 4

position

Open 位置 page →
wèi位zǐ子
HSK 7-9

place

Open 位子 page →
tíng停chē车wèi位
HSK 7-9

parking space; parking spot

Open 停车位 page →
jià价wèi位
HSK 7-9

price level

Open 价位 page →
quán全fāng方wèi位
HSK 7-9

all around

Open 全方位 page →
dào到wèi位
HSK 7-9

to get to the intended location

Open 到位 page →

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万且业为主举久乐

From 位’s common words

各于置子停车价全

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