Read Edit View history 系 jìxìhai HSK1 system Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand (又) holding a group of threads (糸) that are connected together (系). Pinyin Separate values with commas xì ×xi ×jì × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 系 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 係 ×繫 ×系 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 系 Simp strokes 系 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a group of threads. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 系 Simp strokes 系 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 系 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 691, 788 ], [ 623, 807 ], [ 507, 758 ], [ 382, 721 ], [ 297, 706 ] ], [ [ 461, 724 ], [ 483, 705 ], [ 488, 676 ], [ 441, 620 ], [ 356, 547 ], [ 342, 519 ], [ 363, 511 ], [ 462, 516 ], [ 471, 512 ], [ 538, 524 ] ], [ [ 637, 638 ], [ 646, 591 ], [ 540, 495 ], [ 383, 378 ], [ 368, 363 ], [ 360, 337 ], [ 394, 331 ], [ 564, 368 ], [ 666, 381 ], [ 676, 374 ] ], [ [ 643, 449 ], [ 711, 384 ], [ 731, 338 ] ], [ [ 486, 334 ], [ 518, 312 ], [ 527, 299 ], [ 522, 74 ], [ 500, 33 ], [ 461, 46 ], [ 390, 85 ] ], [ [ 310, 217 ], [ 280, 154 ], [ 223, 81 ], [ 210, 54 ] ], [ [ 674, 240 ], [ 783, 163 ], [ 808, 129 ], [ 821, 94 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 489 731 Q 544 744 592 762 Q 638 774 678 776 Q 694 775 700 782 Q 704 792 695 804 Q 676 823 635 845 Q 622 855 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650,762C671,772 673,792 657,800C610,825 575,837 555,827C550,825 548,818 549,810C552,781 434,708 299,607C292,603 296,595 302,596C344,612 460,668 506,691Z", "M533,472C529,474 456,477 391,482C384,483 381,489 384,490C434,523 552,580 592,601C635,625 624,638 584,662C560,677 545,681 541,651C535,612 394,539 332,502C319,494 305,490 301,480C294,464 296,446 299,436C302,427 306,425 318,429C336,436 435,447 506,451C517,451 544,470 533,472Z", "M524,334C571,349 645,366 694,376C702,378 688,397 680,395C613,387 492,363 414,344C399,341 395,346 407,354C541,449 677,502 717,518C728,523 730,531 727,539C721,554 705,571 688,582C667,597 650,601 649,574C647,546 587,515 533,472C515,458 515,458 506,451C460,416 353,360 315,340C304,335 299,328 300,316C300,307 314,291 330,273C338,265 345,263 358,270C393,290 441,309 478,320C509,329 509,329 524,334Z", "M694,376C715,347 728,330 739,328C745,327 751,331 755,337C759,345 761,358 760,375C758,398 728,426 669,458C660,463 653,465 650,463C646,462 645,457 644,449C643,447 655,429 680,395C689,382 689,382 694,376Z", "M460,76C436,82 414,86 394,91C385,93 382,93 383,86C383,83 387,78 394,71C441,31 470,-4 488,-29C496,-39 508,-42 518,-33C545,-5 555,42 553,103C548,201 553,228 559,263C564,296 574,290 524,334C513,345 475,336 478,320C501,238 503,171 496,106C493,83 482,71 460,76Z", "M270,215C270,200 270,183 260,156C247,126 222,92 191,57C146,8 149,-7 210,35C260,70 297,109 313,127C343,165 364,171 345,193C332,208 312,222 301,229C287,237 269,236 270,215Z", "M674,220C708,189 747,151 787,103C798,91 807,80 820,77C824,76 831,81 837,87C845,97 844,117 837,147C830,176 801,201 751,223C717,238 691,246 675,252C666,255 663,254 663,245C662,235 666,228 674,220Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the 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