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緯

horizontal
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingイ
Kun readingよこいと、ぬき
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. horizontalRtK
    緯度北緯34度48分51秒34° 48' 51" North Latitudewiki
    緯度 34°25′1″.1818Latitude: 34 degrees 25 minutes 1 second.1818wiki
  2. woof
  3. left & right
  4. (parallels of) latitude
  5. prediction
  1. weft
  2. woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

Popular Usage

緯度経緯

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · locket · stick (丨) · key · mouth (口) · monocle · sunglasses with one lens missing

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1774

Compound words

緯度いど
latitude
経緯けいい
details; particulars; sequence of events; circumstances; situation
南緯なんい
southern latitude
北緯ほくい
north latitude
緯糸よこいと
weft
緯書いしょ
book of omens appended to Confucian Chinese classics
緯線いせん
parallel
黄緯こうい
celestial latitude
経緯儀けいいぎ
theodolite
高緯度こういど
high latitudes
日本経緯度原点にほんけいいどげんてん
Japan Geodetic Datum

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 緯

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step