# 緯 — Latitude

Frequency rank 1631 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 搬 (Transport), less common than 縛 (Bind).

- On’yomi: い
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

Thread on the left connects to a mouth wrapped in a towel on the right — threads of latitude weave horizontally across the mouth and towel like lines on a globe.

In words:

- 緯度 いど — latitude (nav.)
- 経緯 いきさつ — 1.  details;whole story;sequence of events;particulars;how it started;how things got this way; 2.  c

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