Kanji1 / 7
位 kanji
rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
イ
Kun readings
くらいぐらい
Words with 位
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —測位positioning; measurement of position
- —近位proximal
- —好位favourable position (during a race; e.g. 3rd to 5th place)
- —胎位presentation (of a fetus)
- —宝位rank of the emperor; the imperial throne
- —金位fineness of gold; purity of gold
- —身位rank and social status (e.g. in the imperial family)
- —五位fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
- —四位fourth court rank
- —劣位inferior position; inferior situation; disadvantage; subordination
- —位格hypostasis; locative case
- —位田farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)
- —座位sitting position
- —側位lateral sexual position; spoons; spooning
- —立位standing position (working, sex, etc.); erect position; upright position
- —逆位(chromosomal) inversion
- —巽位southeast
- —臥位lying down (of body); reclining position; decubitus
- —尸位neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay
- —位数order (in group theory)