Chinese Character 纬 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

纬 meaning[3] in English

Latitude.

Woof (Horizontal Thread In Weaving).

Weft.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with VMQS

How to write 纬

To writewei3latitude you should write a combination of si1'silk' radical … , wei2surname Wei arranged in a shape:

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纬 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:wei3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Latitude . Woof (Horizontal Thread In Weaving) . Weft

Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]

Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 纬in English or Chinese