系 — kanji meaning “lineage”
系
lineage, system
- Meanings
- lineage, system
- On'yomi
- ケイ (kei)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #567 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- xì, jì — Chinese character page
Words with 系
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 系列 | けいれつ keiretsu | series; sequence; system |
| 系統 | けいとう keitou | system |
| 体系 | たいけい taikei | system; organization; organisation |
| 家系 | かけい kakei | family lineage |
| 日系 | にっけい nikkei | (of) Japanese descent |
| 系譜 | けいふ keifu | genealogy; lineage; family tree |
| 太陽系 | たいようけい taiyoukei | solar system |
| 直系 | ちょっけい chokkei | direct descent; direct line |
| 系図 | けいず keizu | family tree; pedigree; genealogy |
| 水系 | すいけい suikei | water system; river system; drainage system |
| 理系 | りけい rikei | the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) |
| 銀河系 | ぎんがけい gingakei | Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy |
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