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系

Traditional: 係 · 繫

xì

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 5

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xì · hai6 (Jyutping)

  1. to connect
  2. to relate to
  3. to tie up
  4. to bind
  5. to be (literary)
  6. system
  7. department
  8. faculty
  9. to arrest
  10. to worry

jì · hai6 (Jyutping)

  1. to tie
  2. to fasten
  3. to button up

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

系

Meaning
system; line, link, connection
Radical
糸
Strokes
7
Components
⿱丿糸
Cangjie
HVIF
Four-corner
2090.3

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