位

wèi

position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential

Radical: 亻 HSK 2 q, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

位 decomposes into the following components:

亻 立

Words containing 位

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 位.

C位
c wèi
万位
wàn wèi
the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
上位
shàng wèi
top seat
个位
gè wèi
the units place (or column) in the decimal system
仓位
cāng wèi
价位
jià wèi
price level
位于
wèi yú
to be located at
位元
wèi yuán
bit (computing)
位列
wèi liè
to rank
位图
wèi tú
raster graphics
位子
wèi zi
place
位居
wèi jū
to be located at

Related characters (radical 亻)

Characters that share the radical 亻.

㐌 亻 亿 什 仁 仂 仃 仅 仆 仇 仉 仍 仔 仕 他 仗 付 仙 仞 仟 仡 代 仨 仪

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