緯 – horizontal, woof, left & right

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The kanji 緯 means horizontal, woof, left & right, (parallels of) latitude, prediction. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イ (i); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よこいと、ぬき (yokoito, nuki). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イ	i
Kun’yomi	よこいと	yokoito
Kun’yomi	ぬき	nuki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 口・糸・幺・小・韋.

Words using 緯

経緯けいいdetails緯度いどlatitude

Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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