• 77th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 399 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dìng (ding4)to set • to fix • to determine • to decide • to order

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一定 
决定 (決定)
肯定 
注定 (註定)

Uncommon

不一定 
不定 
保定 
制定 
协定 (協定)
否定 
固定 
坚定 (堅定)
坚定不移 (堅定不移)
安定 
定位 
定律 
定时 (定時)
定期 
定格 
定义 (定義)
定制 (定製)
定量 
必定 
指定 
搞定 
法定 
淡定 
特定 
确定 (確定)
稳定 (穩定)
约定 (約定)
规定 (規定)
设定 (設定)
认定 (認定)
说不定 (說不定)
选定 (選定)
锁定 (鎖定)
镇定 (鎮定)
铁定 (鐵定)
鉴定 (鑑定)
限定 
预定 (預定)

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  • 182nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 210 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wèi (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

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

位置 
各位 
单位 (單位)

Uncommon

位子 
位于 (位於)
价位 (價位)
全方位 
到位 
品位 
地位 
学位 (學位)
定位 
岗位 (崗位)
座位 
穴位 
职位 (職位)
诸位 (諸位)
车位 (車位)
部位 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.