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系
係
xì
1. to connect
2. to relate to
3. to tie up
4. to bind
5. to be (literary)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

系
xì
system; line, link, connection
HSK 1 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

世系
shìxì
lineage
系数
xìshù
coefficient
品系
pǐnxì
strain (of a species)
报系
bàoxì
newspaper chain
大系
dàxì
compendium
奉系
Fèngxì
Fengtian clique (of northern warlords)
嫡系
díxì
direct line of descent
干系
gānxì
responsibility
支系
zhīxì
branch or subdivision of a family
旁系
pángxì
collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
日系
Rìxì
Japanese chapter (of school)
星系
xīngxì
see [[恆星系|恒星系<héngxīngxì>]]
晶系
jīngxì
crystal system
根系
gēnxì
root system
械系
xièxì
to arrest and shackle
母系
mǔxì
maternal
水系
shuǐxì
drainage system
派系
pàixì
sect
父系
fùxì
paternal line
直系
zhíxì
directly related

Alternate Entries

系
xì
system / department / faculty
HSK 5
系
jì
to tie / to fasten / to button up
HSK 5
系
xì
to connect / to arrest / to worry
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
215
Word Frequency Rank
211 of 84,292

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