1. 位
  2. 置

位

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  1. 位 is the 182nd most frequent character.
  2. 位 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 位 appears as a character in 83 words.
  4. 位 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
位 => 亻, 立
Radical :
位 => 亻 (human), 立 (stand erect)
Graphical :
位 => ㇒, 丨, 一, 丶, 丷, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wei4 - position/location/place/seat/classifier for people (honorific)/classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

位 
位置 
各位 

Medium Frequency

位子 
全方位 
到位 
品位 
单位 (單位)
地位 
定位 
岗位 (崗位)
座位 
职位 (職位)
诸位 (諸位)
车位 (車位)
部位 

Appears In:

位 also appears in:
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Meta:

  1. 置 is the 676th most frequent character.
  2. 置 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 置 appears as a character in 44 words.
  4. 置 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
置 => 罒, 直
Radical :
置 => 罒 (net), 十 (ten), 目 (eye), 一 (one)
Graphical :
置 => 口, 丨, 一, 丨, 口, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhi4 - to install/to place/to put/to buy

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 置 (zhi4): The component 直 is pronounced as 'zhi2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 置 (zhi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 置 (zhi4): The component 一 is pronounced as 'yi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

位置 

Medium Frequency

布置 (佈置)
内置 (內置)
放置 
置 
置于 
置信 
置身 
置办 (置辦)
装置 (裝置)
设置 (設置)
购置 (購置)
配置 
闲置 (閒置)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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