本位

standard / one's own department or unit

Characters and words in 本位

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

本 = 一 + 木 : Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.

位

wèi = w + ei4

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 = 亻 + 立 : An armchair.

位 = 亻 + 立 : Rosa Luxemburg visits Willy Walrus in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He sits in his place--an armchair--like a king, and Rosa presents him a vase.