Chinese Character 緯 Meanings and components.

Form

緯

Meaning

緯 meaning[3] in English

Latitude.

Woof (Horizontal Thread In Weaving).

Weft.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 緯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and surname Wei (韋)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFDMQ

How to write 緯

To write緯wei3latitude you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 韋wei2surname Wei arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 韋 = 緯

緯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 緯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 緯, looks as follow:

緯
Pinyin:wei3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Latitude . Woof (Horizontal Thread In Weaving) . Weft
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
韋
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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