The kanji 位: meaning, readings and stroke order

位

Meaning: rank, position
On reading: イ i
Kun reading: くらい kurai
Strokes: 7
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thứ hạng, vị trí (vị)
Japanese: くらい。じゅんい。
Korean: 자리, 순위 (위)
Chinese: 名次、位置

Readings, words and example sentences

イ i · on reading

一いち位い
first place
かけっこで 一いち位いになりました。
I came in first in the race.

くらい kurai · kun reading · less common

位くらい
rank, the throne
王の 位くらいにつきました。
He became king.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.