位 (wèi): meaning and stroke order
位 (wèi) means position, location, place, seat, classifier for people (honorific).
位
- Simplified
- 位
- Traditional
- 位 (same form)
- Pinyin
- wèi
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Stroke order of 位
位
- wèi position; location
- 7 strokes
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Meaning of 位
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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 and structure
- 位
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 7 strokes · 亻 on the left, 立 on the right
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Words with 位
- 地位 dì wèi position; status
- 车位 chē wèi parking spot; unloading point
- 座位 zuò wèi seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 职位 zhí wèi position; post; job
- 位置 wèi zhi position; place
- 停车位 tíng chē wèi parking space; parking spot
位 in our stories
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他问一位老奶奶：“请问，书店怎么走？”
tā wèn yí wèi lǎonǎinai qǐngwèn shūdiàn zěnme zǒu
He asks an old lady, "Excuse me, how do I get to the bookshop?"
From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
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上车以后，他发现自己的座位上已经坐着一位老爷爷。
shàng chē yǐhòu tā fāxiàn zìjǐ de zuòwèi shàng yǐjīng zuò zhe yí wèi lǎoyéye
When he gets on, he finds an old man already sitting in his seat.
From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3
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亭子里有一位卖茶的老人，他给每个人倒了一杯热茶。
tíngzi lǐ yǒu yí wèi mài chá de lǎorén tā gěi měi gè rén dào le yì bēi rè chá
An old man sold tea in the pavilion, and he poured each of them a cup of hot tea.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
Stories using 位
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- No umbrella HSK 3
- Pull-ups HSK 4
- The identical suitcase HSK 4
- Flowers in the book return HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).