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Kanji Detail for 位 - "rank, position, status"

  • Meaning

    位 means "rank, position, status."

    1. Rank - A position; a grade.

    2. Position - A place; a location.

    3. Dignity - Status; standing.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rank; grade; throne; crown; about; some

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    throne; position, post; rank, status; seat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    seat, throne; rank, status; position, location

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Place; position. Referring to one's place or position. Such as 方位 (direction), 爵位 (noble rank). | To be settled in one's place is called 位. Such as 位置 (position). | A respectful term. Addressing people as 位. Such as 諸位 (everyone), 各位 (each of you).
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  • How soon will the meeting begin?

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  • Do you know his status in the company?

  • My mother was no less angry with me than my father.

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