Dong Chinese dictionary

xì

bind

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 系 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

系 Sound component

xì, jì

system

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xì

bind, tie up; involve, relation; to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary)

Most common words with 係

Sources