けい
系
とう
統

noun

  1. system.
  2. lineage, ancestry, family line.
  3. group (e.g. of colors) (colors), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought).
  4. close (evolutionary) relationship.
  5. a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
けい
系
とう
統
 系統 けいとう ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

lineage, system
ケイ (6th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
overall, relationship, ruling
トウ　す.べる　のり (5th, N1)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
allot, fill
ジュウ　あ.てる　み.たす (Early High School, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
license, sincerity, permit
イン　じょう　まこと.に (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)