繫

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See also: 繋 and 系
繫 U+7E6B, 繫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E6B
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 繬 →

Translingual

Traditional 繫
Shinjitai
(extended) 		繋
Simplified 系

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

trad. 繫
simp. 系*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繫
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (毄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
繫 *keːɡs, *ɡeːɡs
檕 *keːɡs, *kʰeː
轚 *keːɡs, *keːɡ
蘻 *keːɡs
罊 *kʰeːɡs, *kʰreːɡ
蟿 *kʰeːɡs, *kʰiɡs
礊 *kʰreːɡ, *kʰreːɡ, *qʰʷreːɡ
擊 *keːɡ
墼 *keːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *keːɡs, *ɡeːɡs) : phonetic 毄 () + semantic 糸 (“thread”)

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
Baxter kejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/keiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/keiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/keiH/
Wang
Li 		/kieiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gai3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繫
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.kˁe-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. * 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/

Definitions

繫

  1. to tie, to fasten, to button up
    繫鞋帶／系鞋带  ―  jì xiédài  ―  to tie shoelaces
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 繫 (“to tie; to fasten”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 繫
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 繫
Taiwan 綁
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 繫
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 繫, 勒, 斤
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 拴
Wuhan 繫, 扎
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 繫
Hefei 繫
Cantonese Guangzhou 綁
Hong Kong 綁
Yangjiang 綯, 綁
Gan Nanchang 繫
Hakka Meixian 䌈
Jin Taiyuan 斤, 繫
Northern Min Jian'ou 繫
Eastern Min Fuzhou 羈, 縛
Southern Min Xiamen 縖, 結
Chaozhou 結
Puning 結
Wu Suzhou 結
Wenzhou 繫, 縛
Xiang Changsha 繫
Shuangfeng 繫, 揸
Compounds

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
Baxter hejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦeiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦeiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣeiH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣieiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 繫
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-kˁek-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. * 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/

Definitions

繫

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

Japanese

Kanji

繫

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繋)

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

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けい (kei)
  • Kun: つなぐ (tsunagu, 繫ぐ)、かける (kakeru, 繫ける)

Korean

Hanja

繫 (eumhun 맬 계 (mael gye))

  1. hanja form? of 경 (“bind, connect”)

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

繫: Hán Nôm readings: hệ

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