位 – rank, grade, throne

7 strokesTaught in grade 4#276 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 位 means rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ (i); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くらい、ぐらい (kurai, gurai). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イ	i
Kun’yomi	くらい	kurai
Kun’yomi	ぐらい	gurai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・立.

Words using 位

位くらいthrone位置いちplace単位たんいunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.)地位ちい(social) position位いrank上位じょういsuperior (in rank)優位ゆういpredominance

Example sentences

５８１４を千の位に四捨五入すれば何になりますか。

What is 5814 rounded to the nearest thousand?

Tatoeba #76953

彼の事務所は町の中心部に位置している。

His office is located in the center of the town.

Tatoeba #117134

私はパレードが見えるいい位置にいた。

I was in a good position to see the parade.

Tatoeba #159088

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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