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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
地位 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
地位 ＝ 地 ＋ 位
ㄉㄧˋ ㄨㄟˋ · dìwèi
noun — status; position; standing; rank

字源 FORM — what the parts do

地ground, land (地方的地)dì土(earth) + 也(yě, phonetic) — the earth spreading outward; 也 gives the sound
位position, rank (座位的位)wèi亻(person) + 立(to stand) — a person standing in their place
地位，地方的地，座位的位。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

人（亻）站定了（立=位），就在那塊土地（地）上——站穩哪塊地，那就是地位。
A person (亻) stands planted (立 in 位) on the ground (地) — where you stand, firmly, is your standing.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
身份shēnfènidentity, status — what one is, rather than where one stands職位zhíwèiposition, post — shares 位, the professional version