Senses
系 variants: 係, 繫 to connect
(bound form) to link; to join; to relate to
系 variants: 係, 繫 system (general)
(bound form) a group of related things that form a whole; series; family
系 variants: 係, 繫 to tie
(literary) to bind; to fasten; to hitch; to tie; to button up; to do up a knot or lace
系 variants: 係, 繫 department
an administrative unit within a college or university organized by academic discipline; faculty
系/ 繫 variants: 系, 係 to lower or haul
to lower or haul something up using a rope
系 variants: 係, 繫 system (geology)
(geology) a chronostratigraphic unit of rocks formed during a period of geological time, ranking below an erathem and above a series
系 variants: 係, 繫 surname
a Chinese surname
系/ 繫 variants: 系, 係 to worry
(bound form) to be concerned about; to feel anxious; to have something on one's mind
系/ 繫 variants: 系, 係 to take into custody
(literary) to arrest; to imprison; to take into custody
系/ 係 variants: 系, 繫 to be
Used in formal or literary writing to identify something or someone as being a certain thing; equivalent to 是 .