懂中文 Dong Chinese

纬

wěi

woof

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 韦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 緯.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

韦 sound component

韦  Sound component

wéi

  

tanned leather

Evolution

纬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
纬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
纬 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
纬 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

纬 (緯) 

wěi

woof; parallels of latitude; latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft

Most common words with 纬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纬

latitude

北纬

latitude north

纬度

latitude

经纬

warp and woof

南纬

latitude south