繫

See also: 繋 and 系

繫 U+7E6B, 繫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E6B ← 繪 [U+7E6A] CJK Unified Ideographs 繬 → [U+7E6C]

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

• 蘻

Related characters

• 繋 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 系 (Simplified Chinese)

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì (ji⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hai⁶
    • Yale: haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiê
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯e²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kejH

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.kˤe-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*keːɡs/

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. *[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/

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”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

• 繫捻兒／系捻儿

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hai⁶
    • Yale: haih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē
    • Tâi-lô: hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hejH

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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-kˤek-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːɡs/

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. *[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/

Definitions

繫

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

Compounds

• 不繫舟／不系舟
• 劾繫／劾系
• 匏繫／匏系 (páoxì)
• 囚繫／囚系
• 拘繫／拘系
• 捕影繫風／捕影系风
• 捕風繫影／捕风系影
• 擐繫／擐系
• 械繫／械系
• 燕足繫書／燕足系书
• 燕足繫詩／燕足系诗
• 盎盂相繫／盎盂相系
• 監繫／监系
• 直繫／直系
• 紅絲暗繫／红丝暗系
• 維繫／维系 (wéixì)
• 縈繫／萦系
• 縻繫／縻系
• 繫世／系世
• 繫住／系住
• 繫命／系命 (xìmìng)
• 繫囚／系囚
• 繫念／系念 (xìniàn)
• 繫懷／系怀
• 繫戀／系恋
• 繫於／系于
• 繫爪／系爪
• 繫獄／系狱 (xìyù)
• 繫絆／系绊
• 繫縛／系缚
• 繫而不食／系而不食
• 繫腰／系腰
• 繫臂之寵／系臂之宠
• 繫船樁／系船桩
• 繫裹／系裹
• 繫詞／系词 (xìcí)
• 繫趾／系趾
• 繫辭／系辞
• 繫鈴解鈴／系铃解铃
• 繫頸／系颈
• 繫風捕影／系风捕影
• 繫風捕景／系风捕景
• 耽干繫
• 聯繫／联系 (liánxì)
• 腸繫膜／肠系膜 (chángxìmó)
• 葦苕繫巢／苇苕系巢
• 解鈴繫鈴／解铃系铃
• 赤繩繫足／赤绳系足
• 連繫／连系 (liánxì)
• 逮繫／逮系
• 長繩繫日／长绳系日
• 長繩繫景／长绳系景
• 頌繫／颂系

 

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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