系 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- ケイけい · kei
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- system; lineage; line
Stroke order
Origin
Threads hanging linked from above; things joined in one continuous line — hence "system, lineage."
Readings and examples
| Onケイけいkei | 系統けいとう系列けいれつ体系たいけい |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 系統けいとう
system; lineage
- 太陽系たいようけい
the solar system
- 系譜けいふ
Example
太陽系には八つの星がある。
There are eight planets in the solar system.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)