Onyomi: イ · Kunyomi: くらい, ぐらい · Meanings: about, crown, grade, rank, some, throne
Kanji for about, crown, grade, rank, some
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位 is formed from 亻, the “person” radical, on the left, and the character 立, meaning “stand,” on the right. It originally represented a person standing in a specific spot or position. From this image, 位 came to mean a position, rank, place, or status — the spot where someone or something stands.
位 shows a person (亻) standing (立) in a place, meaning position, rank, or status.
Picture a person (亻) standing upright (立) in their assigned spot. That spot is their 位.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 位 | くらい | throne, crown, (nobleman's) seat | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 位 | い | rank, place (e.g. first place) | common Counter |
| 位置 | いち | place, position, location | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 位する | くらいする | to rank (as), to occupy (a position) | Suru verb - included, Intransitive verb |
| 位相 | いそう | phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon) | Noun |
| 位置付ける | いちづける | to place (in relation to the whole), to rank, to position, to locate | common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 位置付け | いちづけ | placement, fixed position, mapping out, location | common Noun |
| 位相偏移変調 | いそうへんいへんちょう | phase-shift keying, PSK | Noun |
| 位相差顕微鏡 | いそうさけんびきょう | phase-contrast microscope | Noun |
| 位相変調 | いそうへんちょう | PM, phase modulation | Noun |