Zi:系

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[] (系​) system; department; (F​) ​系 concern/relation; (F​) ​系 integrate/link; contact/connection [] (F​) tie/bind (系​ ‘tie up’, ​系 ‘fasten’); (HDZ:) …

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The character 系 (7 strokes) is an old form, today used as the simple form of both ​ (9 strokes) and ​ (19 strokes).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 系(​𢁴) xì ‘link/bind’ is said to combine ​ sī ‘silk/thread’, and ​𠂆 yì ‘stretch’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​𦃟 with ​ ‘palm-down hand’ above, later abbrev. to ​𠂆 (now ​丿, not ​) in 系; formerly also wr. ​𣫦, with ​ and ​, cf. ​ xì.
    Note: Received SW texts gloss 系(​𢁴) xì ‘link/bind’ as ​ xì ‘link/bind’, so the link between these two characters 系/​ is very old; but in DYC's text the gloss of 系 is emended to ​ xuán ‘hang, tie/bind’ (in that sense now wr. ​); cf. ​.
    Compare: ​ jì ‘inferior silk/cloth’, jì/xì ‘tie/bind/link’; ​ jì/xì ‘tie/bind’.
    Compare: ​ xī ‘tethered fat-bellied piglet’ (​), in which the top is ​𦃟 xì/jì ‘bind’ (abbrev. phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​ yán ‘long (drawn out) strides’; ​ bá ‘(dog) pull/strain against a tether/leash’ (​).
    “[系/​𦃟] The original character had ​ ‘hand’ above, now badly contracted, and ​ ‘silk thread’” —Karlgren(AD).
    HDZ: 系 : xì : (​) ​ (​/​) 系​; ​, ​; ​系, ​系; ​ (​系, ​系); (​); (​); ​; (​); 系​西; ​ (cf. ​, ​); (​); (​) ​, ​; ​ • jì : (​) ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:372.57; Karlgren:AD125,330,GSR876a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3361.2; Lindqvist:216; Mathews:2423; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:915.04; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:056.0.10; Wáng(1993):190; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: haih-
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