纬
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latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
latitude · Heisig RSH #2595
thread + briar patch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 纬
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地心纬度 | geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center… | |
| 地理纬度 | geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the referen… | |
| 经纬密度 | (textiles) thread count | |
| 经纬线 | lines of latitude and longitude; warp and woof | |
| 高纬度 | high latitude (i.e. near the poles) | |
| 纬线圈 | line of latitude; parallel | |
| 经纬仪 | theodolite | |
| 南纬 | south latitude | |
| 纬线 | woof; line of latitude; parallel | |
| 经纬 | warp and woof; longitude and latitude; main points | |
| 北纬 | north latitude | |
| 纬度 | latitude | |
| 纬圈 | line of latitude; parallel | |
| 蒋纬国 | Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 | |
| 纬锦 | woof brocade; woven fabric with many-colored woof | |
| 纬纱 | woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft | |
| 谶纬 | divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dy… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 韦 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韦 sound part | tanned leather; surname | |
| 围 | to surround, to encircle, to corral | |
| 违 | to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from | |
| 伟 | great, imposing; extraordinary | |
| 苇 | reed | |
| 讳 | taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning | |
| 韪 | right; proper; perpriety | |
| 闱 | gate, door; living quarters | |
| 玮 | a type of red jade; rare, valuable | |
| 帏 | a curtain that forms a wall | |
| 炜 | brilliant, glowing, red | |
| 祎 | excellent, rare; beautiful, fine |