位
position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential
位 character breakdown
"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
亻
=
丿
+
丨
:
Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
Characters with 位 as component
Words with 位
to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche
part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)
original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ
high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc