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

位

  • Meaning

    位 means "rank, position, dignity."

    1. Rank - A position; a grade.

    2. Position - A place; a location.

    3. Dignity - Status; standing.

  • Words using 位

    • 上位 じょうい Listen superior (in rank); top; ranking
    • 単位 たんい Listen unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many)
    • 地位 ちい Listen (social) position; status; standing
    • 首位 しゅい Listen first place; head position; leading position
    • 一位 いちい Listen first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
    • 順位 じゅんい Listen order; rank; position (e.g. in a race)
    • 下位 かい Listen low rank; lower position; subordinate position
    • 優位 ゆうい Listen predominance; superiority; ascendancy

  • Four-character idioms with 位

    • 三位一体 さんみいったい Listen the Trinity; three parts; three components
    • 位階勲等 いかいくんとう Listen court rank and honors; court rank and honours
    • 叙位叙勲 じょいじょくん Listen conferment of Court ranks and decorations
    • 尸位素餐 しいそさん Listen neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay
    • 無位無官 むいむかん Listen having no special rank or title
    • 興味本位 きょうみほんい Listen (just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing

  • Tattoo check: 位

    • Verified meaning: rank, position, dignity
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あぎ, あみ, あや)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 位

    Given names 位(たかし)Listen

    Surnames 位(あき)Listen 位(あぎ)Listen 位(あみ)Listen 位(あや)Listen 位(い)Listen 位(くらい)Listen 位(ただし)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    i(イ) イ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    gurai(ぐらい) ぐらい

    kura.i(くらい) くらい

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    rank position dignity degree direction respect status grade throne seat authority classification hierarchy level order place prestige standing station title

Sentences including 位

  • He is as tall as my father.

  • Tom was given an important post by him.

  • How far is it from your house to the park?

  • An important post was given tom.

  • Where did you take your degree?

  • How soon will the meeting begin?

  • What are the measures of times?

  • Do you know his status in the company?

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

  • How long does it take?

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