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繫

xì, jì

to tie

Phonosemantic compound. 毄 represents the sound and 糸 represents the meaning.

Components
毄 sound component

毄  Sound component

jī

  

to hit against

糸 meaning component

糸  Meaning component

mì

  

silk

thread

Evolution

繫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繫 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
繫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
繫 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
繫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

系 (繫) 

xì

attach, connect, unite, fasten; to connect; to arrest; to worry

系 (繫) 

jì

to tie; to fasten; to button up

Most common words with 繫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

关系

relation

系统

system

联系

connection

系

to connect

没关系

it doesn't matter

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.kˤe-s

kejH

jì

tie (v.)

*m-kˤek-s

hejH

xì

attach; suspend


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 90.9018% of movies

268th most common character in movies

216th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Simplified

系

Unicode

U+7E6B

Shuowen

“繫，繫也。一曰惡絮。从糸，聲。”


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