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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “weft”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
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.