係
/ɕi⁵¹/
ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•to relate; to bear on · to tie; to bind · to be (copula)
Etimoloji
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *keːɡs): semantic 人 + phonetic 系 (OC *ɡeːɡs). The simplified form 系 also exists as a traditional character, and is also used to simplify 繫. In ancient times, 系, 係, and 繫 were usually interchangeable graphic variants, although in some compounds, only one form is acceptable (e.g. 世系 and 繋辭／繋辞). The meaning “yes” in Cantonese and Hakka is likely an independently…