Memory phrase for the Kanji: 緯

緯

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Meaning latitude, east-west, weft(textile)

Pronunciation

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Explanation

Left: thread 糸, right: averted from the center 韋 (var. of 5 五, center 口, 5 五 (upside down)= twice five averted from center

Mnemonic
 
Threads away from the center (at a loom) are wefts and stand for latitude. (This is in contrast to the longitude 経 which shows a warp thread together with "vertical 圣")

Radicals

糸 thread
韋 avertedRadical nameshigawa From top: var. of foot/stop 止, center 口, foot/stop 止 = feet standing around a center in all directions
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 Vocabulary

経緯 けいい  details, whole story, complications
緯度 いど  latitude (nav.)

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