wèi

position; place; location

HSK 3 #182

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 182nd character
Radical ⼈ (9.5)
Strokes 7
Index # 784

Definitions

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

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Words containing 位

Word Meaning
the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
the ten thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
to reserve a seat; to leave a position vacant
to reserve a seat; to leave a position vacant
administrative unit (e.g. province shěng, prefecture dì qū or county xiàn)
administrative division; government unit
global positioning system (GPS)
global positioning system (GPS)
epitope (in immunology); antigenic determinant
fissile isotope
fissile isotope
to reserve a seat; to book a table; reservation
to reserve a seat; to book a table; reservation
lexeme
lexeme
(pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs
to yield; to abdicate
parking spot; stand for taxi; garage place
transposition; displacement; inversion
transposition; displacement; inversion
index (rotating gauge); cam gradation
index (rotating gauge); cam gradation
this (person)
this (person)
system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)