Chinese symbol for “latitude”
纬度
wěi dù
Traditional: 緯度
latitude
The closest CC-CEDICT match for latitude is 纬度 (wěi dù), defined as: latitude.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “latitude”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纬 (緯) | wěi | latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving) |
| 回旋余地 (迴旋餘地) | huí xuán yú dì | room to maneuver; leeway; latitude |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纬度.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北纬 (北緯) | běi wěi | north 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 |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “latitude”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.