wěi
woof
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 韋 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 緯
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
latitude | ||
latitude north | ||
latitude | ||
warp and woof | ||
latitude south |
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