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Kanji Detail for 系 - "system, lineage, connection"
系
- Meaning
系 means "system, lineage, connection."
System - An organized structure; a network.
Lineage - Family descent; ancestry.
Connection - A link; a relationship.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
lineage; system
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
system; line, link, connection
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. Such as 系念. Meaning to be concerned about. A thread. Being connected. Such as generation after generation is called 世系 (lineage). Academic divisions are also called 分系. Meaning there is a system to be traced. Such as crystal systems in minerals.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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Sentences including 系
She is of american parentage.
He is of japanese ancestry.
Did you come from a musical family?