Components
位 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
BOOST
Reading : くらい   
adverb, suffix
1. throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat  (orig. from 座居, meaning "seat")
2. government position; court rank  (see also: 位階)
3. social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung
4. grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank
5. digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place  (see also: )
6. degree; extent; amount  (see also: どの位)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 70,849 which gives a rank of 11,642
位 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 500 (about 1,680,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 5858 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
しんしゃじ
新車時
さんびゃく
300
まん
えん
した
くるま
いま
さんじゅう
30
まん
えん
くらい
そうですからもう
すこ
おも
います

Cars that, when new, cost 3,000,000 yen are apparently now worth 300,000, so I think I'll use mine a little longer.
わたし
あなた
こと
あい
している
おな
くらい
かれ
あなた
あい
している

He loves you as much as I do.
きみ
いえ
から
こうえん
公園
までどの
くらい
はな
れています

How far is it from your house to the park?
くらい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 2,000 (about 413,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 4407
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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イ   くらい rank   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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