漢字城 Kanji Fortress

係 connection

Also: duty

On'yomi
ケイ
Kun'yomi
かか-る、かかり
Strokes
9
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): かか-る.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
係 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A person (亻) holding the end of a long thread of lineage (系) — that thread is the connection tying them to their duty in the group.

A common word

  • 関係 かんけい relation

Example sentences

  • えきのかかりのひとにみちをききました。

    I asked the station attendant for directions.

  • へやのそうじはわたしのかかりです。

    Cleaning the room is my job.

Kanji that share a part

亻 is its radical. 110 kanji share it in all.