纬 wěi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 韦 tanned leather
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
纬度
wěidù
latitude
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个城市纬度较高，冬季日照时间明显短于南方港口。 Zhège chéngshì wěidù jiào gāo, dōngjì rìzhào shíjiān míngxiǎn duǎn yú nánfāng gǎngkǒu. This city is at a relatively high latitude, so its winter daylight hours are clearly shorter than those of southern ports.
- 高纬度地区夏天白昼很长，冬天却很短暂。 Gāo wěidù dìqū xiàtiān báizhòu hěn cháng, dōngtiān què hěn duǎnzàn. In high-latitude regions summer days are very long, while winter days are very short.
- 这两个机场的纬度相差十度，气候差别很大。 Zhè liǎng gè jīchǎng de wěidù xiāngchā shí dù, qìhòu chābié hěn dà. The latitudes of these two airports differ by ten degrees, so their climates vary greatly.