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Kanji Detail for 系 - "system, lineage"

系

  • Meaning

    系 means "system, lineage." Also associated with connection.

    1. System - An organized structure; a network.

    2. Lineage - Family descent; ancestry.

    3. Connection - A link; a relationship.

  • Words using 系

    • 日系 にっけい Listen (of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
    • 系列 けいれつ Listen series; sequence; system
    • 体系 たいけい Listen system; organization; organisation
    • 生態系 せいたいけい Listen ecosystem
    • 系統 けいとう Listen system; lineage; ancestry
    • 直系 ちょっけい Listen direct descent; direct line
    • 水系 すいけい Listen water system; river system; drainage system
    • 家系 かけい Listen family lineage

  • Four-character idioms with 系

    • 万世一系 ばんせいいっけい Listen unbroken imperial line

  • Tattoo check: 系

    • Verified meaning: system, lineage
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あい, いと, けい)
    • Also carries these associations: connection

    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 系

    Given names 系(あい)Listen

    Surnames 系(いと)Listen 系(けい)Listen

  • 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

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    system lineage connection continue trace group series affiliation ancestry association classification descent genealogy link network order relationship structure succession

Sentences including 系

  • She is of american parentage.

  • He is of japanese ancestry.

  • Did you come from a musical family?

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