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係(S​系) [xì] ​聯係 liánxì connect; ​關係 guānxi connection; (HDZ:) … [jì] (​旧​读) (SBGY)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 係 jì/xì ‘tie/bind’ combines ​亻(​人 rén) ‘person’, and ​系 xì ‘link/bind’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​系, the form 係 was created to distinguish ‘tie’ meanings of ​系 from ‘link’.
    Note: 係 does not occur among simple form characters, ​系 is always used instead (cf. ​系).
    Compare: ​繫 jì ‘inferior silk/cloth’, jì/xì ‘tie/bind/link’.
    Note: MC homophones 係, ​繫, ​繼 jì (​音 “​計”) (SBGY).
    Older graphs associated with 係 are thought to depict a person bound round the neck with a rope (HDZ); cf. ​县/​縣.
    HDZ: 係 : xì : ​拴​结, ​捆​绑; ​系​物​的​带、​绳; ​继​续, ​连​续; ​维​系, ​关​联; ​是, ​属; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:372.43; Karlgren:AD125; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.164.8; Mathews:2424; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:104.04; EDOC:1
►components: ​亻​系​​丿​糸
►Cantonese: haih-
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