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繫

繫

See also: 繋 and 系

Translingual

Traditional 繫
Shinjitai 繋
Simplified 系

Han character

繫 (radical 120 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十水女戈火 (JEVIF), four-corner 57903, composition ⿱𣪠糸)

  1. to connect
  2. to link
  3. to join

References

  • KangXi: page 940, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27940
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1379, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3456, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+7E6B

Chinese

trad. 繫
simp. 系

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 繫
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古詣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /keiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /keiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /keiH/
Wang
Li		 /kieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繫
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*Cə.kˤe-s/
English tie (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繫
Reading # 1/2
No. 5620
Phonetic
component		 毄
Rime
group		 賜
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 計
Old
Chinese		 /*keːɡs/

Verb

繫

  1. to tie, to fasten, to button up
    繫鞋帶 / 系鞋带  ―  jì xiédài  ―  to tie shoelaces

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 繫
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 胡計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦeiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦeiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣeiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繫
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 xì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ hejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-kˤek-s/
English attach; suspend

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繫
Reading # 2/2
No. 5627
Phonetic
component		 毄
Rime
group		 賜
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 蒵
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡeːɡs/

Verb

繫

  1. to connect; to link
  2. to arrest; to imprison
  3. to be concerned about
Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

繫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. attach
  2. connect
  3. unite
  4. fasten

Readings

Compounds

  • 繫船
  • 繫争
  • 繫属
  • 繫留
  • 連繫

Korean

Hanja

繫 • ‎(gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune-Reischauer kye, Yale kyey)

  1. to connect
  2. to bind

Vietnamese

Han character

繫 (hệ)

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