系
lineage, system
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:6
Strokes:7
JLPT:1
Frequency:567
Vocabulary
ケイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家系 | カケイ | family lineage |
| 系統 | ケイトウ | system; lineage; ancestry; family line; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought); close (evolutionary) relationship; a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial) |
| 系譜 | ケイフ | genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree |
| 系列 | ケイレツ | series; sequence; system; succession; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary |
| 生態系 | セイタイケイ | ecosystem |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 系 | けい | system; lineage; group; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series |
| 直系 | ちょっけい | direct descent; direct line |
| 日系 | にっけい | (of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent |
| 銀河系 | ぎんがけい | Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy |
| 一系 | いっけい | single-family lineage |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
糸
thread
Grade 1JLPT 2
係
concern oneself, connection, duty, person in charge
Grade 3JLPT 3
孫
descendants, grandchild
Grade 4JLPT 2
素
elementary, naked, principle, uncovered
Grade 5JLPT 1
索
cord, inquiring, rope, searching
Grade 8JLPT 1
紫
purple, violet
Grade 8JLPT 1
外
outside
Grade 2JLPT 5
幼
childhood, infancy
Grade 6JLPT 2
紀
account, annals, chronicle, geologic period, history, narrative
Grade 5JLPT 1
級
class, grade, rank
Grade 3JLPT 1