係 — person in charge, connection, duty

かかり係 person in charge

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes abstract

U+4FC2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #232 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1493 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

person in charge
connection
duty
concern oneself

word

かかり kakari Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

係(かかり) kakari person in charge 係(かかり) 員(いん) kakariin attendant

けい kei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

係(けい) 数(すう) keisuu coefficient 関(かん) 係(けい) kankei relation 無(む) 関(かん) 係(けい) mukankei unrelated

かか kaka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

係(かか) る kakaru to relate to 係(かか) わる kakawaru to be concerned with

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亻 person (left form)

けい系 lineage

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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