係

xì = xi + Ø4

to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)

系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.

係 character breakdown

係
- 亻
  - 丨
  - 丿
- 系
  - 丿
  - 糸
    - 幺
      - 厶
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏

rén = r + (e)n2

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

亻 = 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).

xì = xi + Ø4

to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary)

系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.

xì = xi + Ø4

system / department / faculty

系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.

jì = ji + Ø4

to tie / to fasten / to button up

xì = xi + Ø4

to connect / to arrest / to worry

系 = 丿 + 糸 : Mnemonic symbol: As this is the second character in 关系 (guanxi), I'll use shaking hands as the symbol for 系.

系 = 丿 + 糸 : In the space station's bathroom, Marie Curie found a new binding mechanism in chemistry. To demonstrate her findings, she binds two bananas together with a silk scarf. She celebrates her findings by shaking her own hand over her head.

Characters with 係 as component

xǐ = xi + Ø3

to be at, in or on (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 在[zai4]

Words with 係

variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4]

it doesn't matter

social relation

favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates

variant of 譜系|谱系[pu3 xi4]

to have sexual relations with sb / to have dealings with

the Zhili faction of the Northern Warlords

interrelationship

equivalence relation (math.)

confidence coefficient (math.)

blood relationship / consanguinity

phylogenetic relationship

object relative clause

relationship that is more than friendship

to transfer (from one unit to another)

(math.) equivalence relation

PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)

special relation

relations between levels of production / socio-economic relations

man-woman connection / intimate relationship

Sentences with 係

係 currently does not appear in any sentence.