The kanji 系: meaning, readings and stroke order

系

Meaning: system, line
On reading: ケイ kei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hệ, dòng dõi (hệ)
Japanese: つながり。ひとつのまとまり。
Korean: 계통, 줄기 (계)
Chinese: 系统、系

Readings, words and example sentences

ケイ kei · on reading

太たい陽よう系けい
the solar system
太たい陽よう系けいの星について学びます。
We learn about the planets of the solar system.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.