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Chinese symbol for “weft”

纬
wěi
Traditional: 緯
latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft

The closest CC-CEDICT match for weft is 纬 (wěi), defined as: latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

纬 wěi
warp and woof; lines of latitude
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “weft”

WordPinyinMeaning
纬纱 (緯紗)wěi shāwoof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft

Related words

Other words that share a character with 纬.

WordPinyinMeaning
北纬 (北緯)běi wěinorth latitude
纬度 (緯度)wěi dùlatitude
经纬 (經緯)jīng wěiwarp and woof; longitude and latitude
南纬 (南緯)nán wěisouth latitude
高纬度 (高緯度)gāo wěi dùhigh latitude (i.e. near the poles)
纬线 (緯線)wěi xiànwoof; line of latitude

See also: Japanese symbol for “weft”.

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.

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