系
xìTraditional: 係
Translation
department (faculty), system, to tie, to relate to
Word origin
Originally a pictograph of a hand holding silk threads, depicting connection and binding. From this come the senses of tying, linking, and an organised system or faculty.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 丿 (a hand) over 糸 (sī, silk threads)
Stroke order
系
Examples
。
He is a student in the Chinese department.
共百。
This department has three hundred students in total.
鞋。
Please tie your shoelaces properly.
。
This matter relates to affairs of the state.
。
She teaches in the physics department.
系 (xì) most often means a university department or faculty, and also a system. As a verb it can mean to tie or to relate to. The traditional forms 係 and 系 cover overlapping senses.
Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 系.
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