経けい度ど

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

longitude

Geographic coordinate; often contrasted with 緯度 (latitude).

Kanji

経sutra, longitude, pass thru
度degrees, occurrence, time

Similar words

緯い度ど
緯度 means 'latitude', the north-south coordinate, while 経度 means 'longitude', the east-west coordinate.

Etymology

Compound of 経 (kei, 'longitude') and 度 (do, 'degree'). The kanji 経 originally refers to a warp thread in weaving, metaphorically extended to lines of longitude.