系

See also: 糸, 繫, and 係

系 U+7CFB, 系 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CFB ← 糺 [U+7CFA] CJK Unified Ideographs 糼 → [U+7CFC]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	系 係 繋
Simplified	系 系 系
Traditional	系 係 繫

Han character

系 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹女戈火 (HVIF), four-corner 2090₃, composition ⿱丿糸)

Usage notes

In Chinese, this character both exists as a traditional character and as simplification of 係 and 繫. In Japanese, 系 and 係 are separate characters, while 繫 is unofficially simplified as 繋 (extended shinjitai).

Derived characters

• 係 孫 綔 緐 緜 縣 繇 鯀 鲧 䌛 𦅚 㰃 縠 徽 𦆮 𡽪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 915, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27223
• Dae Jaweon: page 1342, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3361, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7CFB

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 系
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (系) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
係	*keːɡs
系	*ɡeːɡs

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : abbreviated 手 + 糸. Also used as simplified forms:

• Simplified from 繫 (𣪠 → 丿).
• Simplified from 係 (elimination of 人).

Etymology 1

trad.		系
simp. #		系

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 系

1. department; faculty

   中文系  ―  zhōngwén xì  ―  Chinese language faculty

2. system

   太陽系／太阳系  ―  Tàiyángxì  ―  the Solar system

3. to belong to; to be part of; to fall under; to be categorised as; to be classified as

Synonyms

• (to belong to):

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• 屬於／属于 (shǔyú)
• 歸屬／归属 (guīshǔ)
• 歸於／归于 (guīyú)
• 純屬／纯属 (chúnshǔ) (to belong completely)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 系

1. ^‡ chopsticks

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 系 – see 繫 (“to tie, to fasten, to button up; to connect; to link; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 繫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 系 – see 係 (“to relate; to bear on; to tie; to bind; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 係).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

系

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: つなぐ (tsunagu, 系ぐ)

Compounds

• 経(けい)絡(らく)系(けい) (keirakukei): the meridian system
• 系(けい)図(ず) (keizu)
• 系(けい)統(とう) (keitō): system; genealogy
• 系(けい)譜(ふ) (keifu)
• 系(けい)列(れつ) (keiretsu): a series; a kind of corporate conglomerate particular to Japan.
• 体(たい)系(けい) (taikei): system
  • 体(たい)系(けい)的(てき) (taikeiteki): systematic

Suffix

系(けい) or 系(suffix) • (kei or suffix) [[Category:Japanese
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1. system, family
   • 2017, 桑原恵美子, ベルメゾン　「人をダメにする」冬物アイテムぞくぞく in Nikkei Style, 日本経済新聞社

     これらの「人(ひと)をダメにする」系(けい)のヒットの先(さき)駆(が)けは、2014(にせんじゅうよん)年(ねん)に発売(はつばい)された無(む)印(じるし)商(しょう)品(ひん)の「体(からだ)にフィットするソファ」。

     Korera no “hito o dame ni suru”-kei no hitto no sakigake wa, nisenjūyon-nen ni hatsubai sareta Mujirushi Shōhin no “karada ni fitto suru sofa”.

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   感(かん)動(どう)する系(けい)の曲(きょく)

   kandō suru kei no kyoku

   an emotionally stirring kind of musical piece

   癒(いや)し系(けい)の女(じょ)性(せい)

   iyashi-kei no josei

   a soothing kind of woman

   萌(も)え系(けい)

   moe-kei

   moe-type anime

2. style

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Korean

Hanja

系 (eum 계 (gye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

系: Hán Nôm readings: hệ

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References

• Nom Foundation