纬 — Chinese character
纬
wěi
warp and woof; lines of latitude
- Pinyin
- wěi
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 纟 韦
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thread; meaning component 纟; sound component 韦
- Traditional
- 緯
Common words with 纬
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北纬 (北緯) | běi wěi | north latitude |
| 纬度 (緯度) | wěi dù | latitude |
| 经纬 (經緯) | jīng wěi | warp and woof; longitude and latitude |
| 南纬 (南緯) | nán wěi | south latitude |
| 高纬度 (高緯度) | gāo wěi dù | high latitude (i.e. near the poles) |
| 纬线 (緯線) | wěi xiàn | woof; line of latitude |
| 经纬仪 (經緯儀) | jīng wěi yí | theodolite |
| 谶纬 (讖緯) | chèn wěi | divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) |
| 经纬线 (經緯線) | jīng wěi xiàn | lines of latitude and longitude; warp and woof |
| 纬纱 (緯紗) | wěi shā | woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft |
| 地心纬度 (地心緯度) | dì xīn wěi dù | geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth) |
| 地理纬度 (地理緯度) | dì lǐ wěi dù | geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid) |
English words written with 纬
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.