xi

department; faculty; system

HSK 1 #216

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 216th character
Radical ⽷ (120.1)
Strokes 7
Index # 825
TRADITIONAL ,

Definitions

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

Stroke order

系 stroke order diagram
系 stroke order animation

Words containing 系

Word Meaning
faction; sect
directly related
respiratory system
under one's personal command; direct line of descent
department of chemistry
subsystem
nepotism; using family for favors
language family
film series
drainage system
a series of; a string of
maternal; matriarchal
patrilineal; paternal line
lineage; genealogy; family tree
frame of reference; coordinate frame (math.)
frame of reference
strain (of a species)
coordinate system (geometry)
branch or subdivision of a family
root system
variant of pǔ xì; pedigree
a love triangle; triangle relationship
improper relation; adulterous relation
also written bìng xì qún; paraphyletic group
also written bìng xì qún; paraphyletic group