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Kanji Detail for 係 - "in charge, relate"

係

  • Meaning

    係 means "in charge, relate." Also associated with tie.

    1. Relate - To be connected; to concern.

    2. In charge - Having responsibility for.

    3. Tie - To connect; to bind together.

  • Words using 係

    • 関係 かんけい Listen relation; relationship; connection
    • 関係者 かんけいしゃ Listen person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned
    • 人間関係 にんげんかんけい Listen human relations; personal relationships
    • 無関係 むかんけい Listen unrelated
    • 係員 かかりいん Listen person in charge; official; attendant
    • 係官 かかりかん Listen official in charge
    • 連係プレー れんけいプレー Listen (good) teamwork; team play; (close) cooperation
    • 利害関係 りがいかんけい Listen interests; stake

  • Four-character idioms with 係

    • 相関関係 そうかんかんけい Listen correlation; interrelation; intertwining

  • Tattoo check: 係

    • Verified meaning: in charge, relate
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かかりざき)
    • Also carries these associations: tie

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 係

    Surnames 係(かかりざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    person in charge; connection; duty; concern oneself

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    bind, tie up; involve, relation

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    system; line, link, connection

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To tie; to bind. Interchangeable with 繫. | A particle. Same as 為 or 是. Such as 委係, 確係.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    gakari(がかり) がかり

    kaka.ru(か-かる) か-かる

    kaka.waru(かか-わる) かか-わる

    kakari(かかり) かかり

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    relate in charge tie assign entrust connect link bind supervisor duty responsibility agent authority concern function handler job join liaison management obligation oversight position representative role task

Sentences including 係

  • This accident has nothing to do with me.

  • I am not concerned with the affair.

  • He is in the banking line.

  • He had much to do with the project.

  • He has something to do with the traffic accident.

  • I hope there are some music clubs.

  • He seems to have a great deal to do with the affair.

  • I am not concerned with this matter.

  • There is no connection between them.

  • It is nothing to me.

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