係
xìhai HSK3

bind

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approved by inralback19 · Nov 19, 2025, 12:48 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Nov 19, 2025, 02:40 AM

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Depicts tying a rope (系) around a person's (亻) neck. 系 also represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Iconic component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

系
系 SoundIconic component
xì, xi, jì system

Depicts a rope.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkejHkˤek-s tie (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“係，絜束也。从人，从系，系亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.637-638
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)