定位
dìngwèi · HSK 6
fixed position
📍 定 = fix/settle + 位 = position/place
定 means to fix or determine; 位 means position or location. Together: to pinpoint or fix a position. Used for GPS positioning, market positioning, or any act of locating something precisely.
定 — roof 宀 + 正 (correct/upright, phonetic)
Originally written with 宀 (roof) over 正 (upright/correct), suggesting a household settled and orderly under its roof. Over time 正 simplified to 㐬-like form at the bottom, and the meaning shifted from 'settled home' to the broader senses of 'fix, stable, decide.'
位 — person radical 亻 + stand 立
位 combines the person radical 亻 with 立 (to stand), originally depicting a person standing in their proper place at court. It came to mean 'position, rank, or place,' and is now also used as a polite measure word for people.