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系

lineage
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingケイ
JōyōGrade 6
  1. corollary
  2. system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period)

Popular Usage

系統体系

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
Components
How it's built
系
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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stick (丨) · drop (丶) · thread (糸) · spiderman

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1492

Compound words

系統けいとう
system; lineage; ancestry; family line; group (e.g. of colors) (colours)
体系たいけい
system; organization; organisation; architecture
家系かけい
family lineage
系図けいず
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
系譜けいふ
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
系列けいれつ
series; sequence; system; succession; keiretsu (group)
直系ちょっけい
direct descent; direct line
日系にっけい
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
文系ぶんけい
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
理系りけい
the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
山系さんけい
mountain range; mountain system
水系すいけい
water system; river system; drainage system
生態系せいたいけい
ecosystem
太陽系たいようけい
solar system
一系いっけい
single-family lineage
系累けいるい
dependents
革新系かくしんけい
liberal
共産系きょうさんけい
communist controlled
系図学けいずがく
(study of) genealogy
系統樹けいとうじゅ
phylogenetic tree
系統的けいとうてき
systematic
系列化けいれつか
putting in order
結晶系けっしょうけい
system of crystallization
座標系ざひょうけい
coordinate system

On Reading Examples

彼が死んでこの村で一番古い家系が絶えてしまった。かけい
With his death, the oldest family in this village died out.tatoeba
音楽家の家系のお生まれですか。かけい
Did you come from a musical family?tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は日系人だ。
He is of Japanese ancestry.tatoeba
彼は系統立った調査を行うことにした。
He decided to perform systematic research.tatoeba
特筆すべき分系統
Noteworthy branch groupwiki
文保・半井本系統
Bunpo, the Nakaraibon linewiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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