系 (xì)
department (university)/system
How 系 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- ㇒ — N/A
- Traditional
- 系
- Simplified
- 系 (unchanged)
Components
- ㇒ N/A
- 糸 silk
系 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- xì
- to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind
- jì
- to tie; to fasten; to button up
Common words using 系
- 系列 xìliè
- series
- 系統 xìtǒng
- system; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 聯係 liánxì
- variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4]
- 關係 guānxi
- relation; relationship; to concern
- 一系列 yīxìliè
- a series of; a string of
- 係數 xìshù
- coefficient; factor; modulus
- 日系 rìxì
- Japanese section (of school); Japanese-related (business)
- 沒關係 méiguānxi
- it doesn't matter
- 維繫 wéixì
- to maintain; to keep up; to hold together
- 體系 tǐxì
- system; setup; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 世系 shìxì
- lineage; genealogy; family tree
- 化學系 huàxuéxì
- department of chemistry
系 in a sentence
你是哪個系的學生？
Nǐ shì nǎge xì de xuéshēng?
“Which department are you a student of?”
How common is 系?
系 is the 216th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 57.4% of all running text.
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