| Kanji | 緯 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | イ |
| Kunyomi | よこいと、ぬき |
| English | horizontal, woof, left & right, latitude |
| Examples | 経緯(いきさつ): (1) details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way (2) longitude and latitude (3) warp and weft; warp and woof 緯度(いど): latitude (nav.) |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1430 |
| Components | 糸: thread 韋: tanned leather radical (no. 178) |
| Number of Strokes | 16 |
| Kanji Radical | 糸 |
| Radical Number | 120 |
| Radical Strokes | 6 |
| Radical Reading | いと・いとへん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | horizontal |
| Koohii Story 1 | The thread that holds the locket around my neck is choker-length so it stays horizontal. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Hint : this kanji also means "latitude", which are the horizontal lines on a globe. Do you remember James Heisig's story for frame 175 "black ink" ? Here a cartographer on a ship, is using his "thread locket" to mark horizontal lines on a map. He pulls a chalked thread from the locket, and snaps it to mark horizontal lines. Imagine the "thread-locket" in the shape of a globe, filled with dark powder and a little bobbin of thread. |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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