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緯 means 'horizontal'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1813   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-32    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 5 words   Used in 20 words   Used in 28 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   イ
Additional readings
Kun    よこいと   ぬき
Variants
纬 (Chinese)  
Notes
経緯
is read いきさつ
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Components
⿰  糸 thread  韋 tanned leather  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 緯 is used 3 times, read 1 way. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 緯 is used 20 times, read 1 way. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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latitude (nav.)
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い き さ つ 0
noun
1. details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way  (this meaning is restricted to reading いきさつ, けいい)
2. longitude and latitude  (this meaning is restricted to reading けいい)
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Additional data
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緯
イ    horizontal   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
韋
イ    tanned leather   
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ヰ
wheel around
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
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