系
xì HSK1

system

系 xì frequency
variants 係,繫
to connect nounverb
(bound form) to link; to join; to relate to
system (general) nounnumeral
(bound form) a group of related things that form a whole; series; family
to tie verb
(literary) to bind; to fasten; to hitch; to tie; to button up; to do up a knot or lace

他打个结把两根绳子系在一起。

tā dǎ ge jié bǎ liǎng gēn shéng​zi xì zài yī​qǐ.

He tied the two ropes together with a knot.

department noun
an administrative unit within a college or university organized by academic discipline; faculty

我是历史系学生。

wǒ shì lì​shǐ xì xué​sheng.

I'm a history student.

system (geology)
(geology) a chronostratigraphic unit of rocks formed during a period of geological time, ranking below an erathem and above a series
surname
a Chinese surname
系 繫 xì
variant 係
to lower or haul verb
to lower or haul something up using a rope

请系好安全带。

qǐng xì hǎo ān​quán​dài.

Fasten your seat belt, please.

to worry
(bound form) to be concerned about; to feel anxious; to have something on one's mind
to take into custody
(literary) to arrest; to imprison; to take into custody
系 xì
succession
(literary) to succeed; to inherit; to carry on (a lineage)
系 係 xì
variant 繫
to be
Used in formal or literary writing to identify something or someone as being a certain thing; equivalent to 是 shì.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
216th most common 985.9 per million
Movie subtitles
268th most common 626.2 per million appears in 91% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
30.1 per million appears in 11% of films
Written text
268.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Traditional
係繫
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+7CFB

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)