係 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
- On
- ケイけい · kei
- Kun
- かか(る)・かかりkaka(ru) · kakari
- Meaning
- duty, person in charge, connection
Stroke order
Origin
人 (person) + 系 (sound, meaning thread/connection). Linking people like a thread — a 'person in charge' of a task.
Readings and examples
| Onケイけいkei | 係累けいるい係争けいそう関係かんけい |
|---|---|
| Kunかかるkakaru | 係るかかる Compare: 掛かる |
| Kunかかりkakari | 係かかり係員かかりいん庶務係しょむかかり Compare: 掛 |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 係員かかりいん
person in charge, attendant
- 関係かんけい
relation, connection
Example
わたしは 図書の 係です。
I am in charge of the library books.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)