係

係 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人竹女火 (OHVF), four-corner 2229₃, composition ⿰亻系)

• KangXi: page 104, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 663
• Dae Jaweon: page 220, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 164, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4FC2

Historical forms of the character 係
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s05880 Transcribed ancient scripts L20298 L35898 L35899 L35900 L35901
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *keːɡs) : semantic 人 + phonetic 系 (OC *ɡeːɡs).

The simplified form 系 also exists as a traditional character, and is also used to simplify 繫. In ancient times, 系, 係, and 繫 were usually interchangeable graphic variants, although in some compounds, only one form is acceptable (e.g., 世系 and 繋辭).

係

1. to relate; to bear on
2. to tie; to bind
3. (formal or Cantonese, Hakka) to be (copula)

   其母係北京人。／其母系北京人。  ―  Qí mǔ xì Běijīngrén.  ―  His mother is a native of Beijing.

   烏龍茶係茶嘅一種。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   乌龙茶系茶嘅一种。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   wu¹ lung^4-2 caa⁴ hai⁶ caa⁴ ge³ jat¹ zung². [Jyutping]

   Oolong tea is a type of tea.

4. (Cantonese, Hakka) yes (as answer to a question)

• (Cantonese) Not to be confused with 喺 (hai2).
• (Cantonese, Hakka) 係／系 is used in vernacular contexts, while 是 (shì) is used in literary or formal contexts.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: かかる (kakaru, 係る, Jōyō); かかり (kakari, 係, Jōyō); かかわる (kakawaru, 係わる); つながり (tsunagari)

• 係(けい)船(せん) (keisen)
• 係(けい)争(そう) (keisō)
• 係(けい)属(ぞく) (keizoku)
• 係(けい)留(りゅう) (keiryū)
• 連(れん)係(けい) (renkei)
• 係(かかり)助(じょ)詞(し) (kakarijoshi), 係(かか)り助(じょ)詞(し) (kakarijoshi)

係(かかり) • (kakari) 

1. person in charge; person responsible

• 掛かり (かかり, kakari)

係(がかり) • (-gakari) 

1. person in charge; person responsible

   カメラ係(がかり)

   kamera-gakari

   cameraman

   撮(さつ)影(えい)係(がかり)

   satsuei-gakari

   photographer

• (in titles of public office) 掛(がかり) (-gakari)

• → Indonesian: gakari

係 (eumhun 맬 계 (mael gye))

1. Hanja form^? of 계 (“connection”).

• 관계 (關係, gwan'gye, “relationship”)

係: Hán Nôm readings: hệ, hể, hề, hễ

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