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纬

Traditional: 緯

wěi

wěi · wai5 (Jyutping)

  1. latitude
  2. woof (horizontal thread in weaving)
  3. weft

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

纬

Meaning
woof; parallels of latitude
Radical
纟
Strokes
7
Components
⿰纟韦
Cangjie
VMQS
Four-corner
2512

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