to connect; to relate to; to tie up

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 5 trad. 係

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他在中文系学习。

He studies in the Chinese department.

她是数学系的老师。

She is a teacher in the math department.