系 (けい) — system, lineage

系けい system

Frequency #232 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 6 1 character noun

kei

けい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. けい[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

system
lineage

Explained in simple Japanese

つながりのあるものの一(ひと)つのまとまり。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

けい系 lineage

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Words with 系 (14)

体(たい)系(けい) taikei system 系(けい)統(とう) keitou system 日(にっ)系(けい) nikkei Japanese descent 系(けい)列(れつ) keiretsu series 理(り)系(けい) rikei science course 文(ぶん)系(けい) bunkei humanities 女(じょ)系(けい) jokei matrilineal 系(けい)譜(ふ) keifu genealogy

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 系 (14)

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