緯

horizontal, woof, left & right, (parallels of) latitude, prediction

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

イ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ぬきよこいと

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1430

Vocabulary

イ

Word	Reading	Meaning
緯度	イド	latitude
経緯	ケイイ	details; particulars; sequence of events; circumstances; situation; how things got this way; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
北緯	ホクイ	north latitude
南緯	ナンイ	southern latitude
高緯度	コウイド	high latitudes

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
経緯	いきさつ	details; particulars; sequence of events; circumstances; situation; how things got this way; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
経緯	たてよこ	length and breadth; length and width; warp and weft; warp and woof
緯糸	よこいと	weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
緯糸	ぬきいと	weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
緯	ぬき	weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

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