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U+4F4D, 位
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F4D

[U+4F4C]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4F4E]
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Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人卜廿 (OYT), four-corner 20218, composition )

Derived characters

  • , , 𠴖, 𡾵, 𪝯, 𡸏, 𠑖, 𭂏, 𭠿, 𬕅

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 503
  • Dae Jaweon: page 206, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 138, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4F4D

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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷrɯbs): semantic (man) + phonetic (OC *rɯb, stand). Often simply written as in idiomatic expressions such as 即位 (jíwèi) in Western Zhou inscriptions.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-r(j)əp (to stand). Derived from (OC *rɯb). Mei (2012) lists it among the possible nasal-prefixed verb forms (Old Chinese *N-k- > Middle Chinese *ɦ-, possibly forming a stative). Suffixed with a nominalizing *-s, it takes the sense "the place/rank/status one holds".

Pronunciation


Note:
  • uei5 - vernacular;
  • uei4 - literary.

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    Definitions

    1. position; location; spot
    2. title; official position
    3. seat; seating
    4. throne; royal seat
    5. rank; grade; status
    6. standard; rule
    7. (honorific) people
    8. (mathematics) digit; place
         sān wèi shù   three-digit number
         jìnwèi   to carry (by one or more places)
    9. (often polite) Classifier for persons.
      歌手歌手   zhè wèi gēshǒu   this singer
      先生   wèi xiānshēng   that man
    10. to be situated at; to be located at
    11. to arrange; to set out
    12. (Cantonese) space
      [Cantonese, trad.]
      [Cantonese, simp.]
      gaan1 fong4-2 m4 gau3 wai6-2 fong3 do1 zoeng1 toi4-2. [Jyutping]
      There is not enough space for another table in the room.
      [Cantonese]   tau1 wai6-2 [Jyutping]   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    13. (information theory) bit (the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer)
    14. a surname, Wei

    Synonyms

    • (location):
    • (title): (literary) 地步 (dìbù), 地位 (dìwèi)
    • (seat):
    • (throne):

    Compounds

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