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緯

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • horizontal
  • woof
  • left & right
  • (parallels of) latitude
  • prediction

On'yomi (音読み)

  • イ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • よこいと
  • ぬき
Strokes
16
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1275
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
糸#120 · silk

Components

Common Words

  • 緯よこいとNoun
    weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
  • 経緯けいいNoun
    details, particulars, sequence of events
  • 北緯ほくいNoun
    north latitude
  • 緯度いどNoun
    latitude
  • 南緯なんいNoun
    southern latitude
  • 高緯度こういどNoun
    high latitudes
  • 緯書いしょNoun
    book of omens appended to Confucian Chinese classics
  • 緯糸よこいとNoun
    weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

Practice in Kanjiru

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