懂中文 Dong Chinese

係

xì

bind

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

Components
亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

系 sound,iconic component

系  Sound Iconic component

xì, jì

  

system

Depicts a rope.

Evolution

係 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
係 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
係 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
係 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

系 (係) 

xì

bind, tie up; involve, relation; to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)

Most common words with 係
Freq.
Word
Meaning

关系

relation

系统

system

联系

connection

系

to connect

没关系

it doesn't matter