経緯 – Vocabulary details

経けい緯い

Meanings

Noun

1. details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way

when read as "いきさつ, けいい"

2. longitude and latitude

when read as "けいい"

3. warp and weft; warp and woof

orig. meaning of けいい

when read as "けいい, たてぬき, たてよこ"

Alt. forms

Kanji used

経

Buddhist scripture

緯

latitude

Pitch accent

け

いい

Used in: 2344

Composed of

経けい

warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-

緯い

weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

歴れき史し的てき経けい緯いから

for historical reasons

開かい発はつ経けい緯い

features (e.g. of a product); development chronology

経けい緯い度ど

longitude and latitude

経けい緯い儀ぎ

theodolite

経けい緯い線せん網もう

graticule

Examples (1 in total)

これが事じ故こが発はっ生せいした経けい緯いです。

This is how the accident happened.