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字HANZI DESK

位

wèi

HSK 3.0 · 2HSK 2.0 · 3

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wèi · wai2 (Jyutping)

  1. position
  2. location
  3. place
  4. seat
  5. classifier for people (honorific)
  6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. (physics) potential

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

位

Meaning
throne; position, post; rank, status; seat
Radical
亻
Strokes
7
Components
⿰亻立
Cangjie
OYT
Four-corner
2021.8

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