系

See also: 糸, 繫, and 係
系 U+7CFB, 系
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CFB
← 糺
[U+7CFA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 糼 →
[U+7CFC]

Translingual
Stroke order
7 strokes
Japanese 系 係 繋
Simplified 系 系 系
Traditional 系 係 繫

Han character

系 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹女戈火 (HVIF), four-corner 20903, composition ⿱丿糸)

Usage notes

In Chinese, this character both exists as a traditional character and as simplification of 係 and 繫. In Japanese, 系 and 係 are separate characters, while 繫 is unofficially simplified as 繋 (extended shinjitai).

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 915, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27223
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1342, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3361, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7CFB

Chinese

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (系) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
係 *keːɡs
系 *ɡeːɡs

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : abbreviated 手 + 糸. Also used as simplified forms:

  • Simplified from 繫 (𣪠 (jī) → 丿).
  • Simplified from 係 (xì) (elimination of 人 (rén)).

Etymology 1
trad. 系
simp. # 系

Pronunciation 1

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 系
Mandarin Beijing /ɕi⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕi⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕi⁵³/
Jinan /ɕi²¹/
Qingdao /ɕi⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕi³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕi⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕji²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕi¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕi¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕi²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕi³⁵/
Chengdu /ɕi¹³/
Guiyang /ɕi²¹³/
Kunming /ɕi²¹²/
Nanjing /ɕi⁴⁴/
Hefei /sz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕi⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕi³⁵/
Hohhot /ɕi⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɦi²³/
Suzhou /ɦi³¹/
Hangzhou /ɕi⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /ji²²/
Hui Shexian /ɕi²²/
Tunxi /ɕie¹¹/ 關～
/t͡ɕie⁴²/ ～帶子
Xiang Changsha /ɕi⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ɕi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /ɕi²¹/
Hakka Meixian /hi⁵³/
Taoyuan /hi⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɐi²²/
Nanning /hɐi²²/
Hong Kong /hɐi²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /he²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hiɛ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xi⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /hi³⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /hi³³/
Rime
Character 系
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦeiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦeiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣeiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 系
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[m]-kˁek-s/
English bind (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 系
Reading # 1/1
No. 13427
Phonetic
component		 系
Rime
group		 賜
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蒵
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡeːɡs/
Definitions

系

  1. department; faculty
    中文系  ―  zhōngwén xì  ―  Chinese language faculty
  2. system
    太陽系／太阳系  ―  Tàiyángxì  ―  the Solar system
  3. to belong to; to be part of; to fall under; to be categorised as; to be classified as

Synonyms
  • (to belong to):
Compounds
Derived terms from 系

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

系

  1. ‡ chopsticks

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 系 – see 繫 (“to tie, to fasten, to button up; to connect; to link; etc.”).
(This character, 系, is the simplified form of 繫.)
Notes:

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 系 – see 係 (“to relate; to bear on; to tie; to bind; etc.”).
(This character, 系, is the simplified form of 係.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
系

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Suffix

系(けい) • (-kei) 

  1. system, family
    感(かん)動(どう)する系(けい)の曲(きょく)
    kandō suru kei no kyoku
    an emotionally stirring kind of musical piece
    癒(いや)し系(けい)の女(じょ)性(せい)
    iyashi-kei no josei
    a soothing kind of woman
    萌(も)え系(けい)
    moe-kei
    moe-type anime
  2. style

References

    Korean

    Hanja

    系 (eumhun 이을 계 (ieul gye))

    1. Hanja form? of 계 (“connect, link, join”).

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    系: Hán Nôm readings: hệ

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    References
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