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漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

緯: horizontal, woof

Also: left & right, (parallels of) latitude, prediction

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 韋 gives the sound

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

イi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 経緯けいいdetails; particulars; sequence of events
  • 北緯ほくいnorth latitude
  • 緯度いどlatitude
  • 南緯なんいsouthern latitude
  • 高緯度こういどhigh latitudes

Also read よこいと, ぬき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
More in the 糸 thread story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
糸

Also built on thread (糸)

All 71
韋

Also built on 韋

緯 takes the 韋 family's reading, イ (i).

Also read イ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
緯 horizontal · 糸
vs衛 defense · 行
緯 has 糸 where 衛 has 行.
In ChineseSimplified 纬 · traditional, as in Japanese · wěi

Japan keeps the traditional form 緯; mainland China simplifies it to 纬.

Simplified
纬 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
緯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wěi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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