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系
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lineage

HSK 3 N1
Human →Actions
xì
ケイ
계
Pictograph of a hand (又) holding a group of threads (糸) that are connected together (系).
Components
又 again+ 糸 silk =
系 lineage
又 Iconic component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Depicts a hand.
糸 Iconic component
mì silk
Depicts a group of threads.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
系
Regular
Modern
Chinese
系 [xì]
system; department; faculty
系 / 係 [xì]
to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)
Japanese
系 けい 同音

noun

  1. system; lineage; group
  2. mathematics corollary
  3. geology system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period)
  4. (taxonomical) series
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
Windows系ＯＳではアドミニストレーターアカウントがルートに相当する。
With Windows OS systems 'administrator account' corresponds to 'root'.
Japanese Names
系 あい
Ai female given name
系 いと
Ito surname
系 けい
Kei unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
关系 [guān​xi] #335
relation
系统 [xì​tǒng] #779
system
系统 [xì​tǒng] #779
system
联系 [lián​xì] #558
connection
没关系 [méi​guān​xi] #619
it doesn't matter
体系 [tǐ​xì] #7,941
system
体系 [tǐ​xì] #7,941
system
系列 [xì​liè] #2,908
series
一系列 [yī​xì​liè] #48,886
a series of
星系 [xīng​xì] #5,132
see 恆星系|恒星系[héng​xīng​xì]
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 系統 [けいとう] #9,004
system
⭐ 家系 [かけい] #10,413
family lineage
⭐ 体系 [たいけい] #16,343
system
体育会系 [たいいくかいけい] #21,156
sports-minded
⭐ 直系 [ちょっけい] #21,732
direct descent
⭐ 系列 [けいれつ] #23,203
series
⭐ 生態系 [せいたいけい] #23,945
ecosystem
⭐ 系譜 [けいふ] #26,948
genealogy
指揮系統 [しきけいとう] #28,034
chain of command
⭐ 文系 [ぶんけい] #28,835
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts
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KOREAN WORDS (16)
태양계 #33,055
solar system
은하계 #34,453
galaxy; galactic system
가계
lineage; family
계보
genealogical record; table of descent; history of family
계열
system; faction; department
계열화
systematization
계통
system
계통적
being systematic
대계
series; outline; compendium
모계
mother's side; being matrilineal
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