係

音読おんよみ: ケイ

訓読くんよみ: かか・かか

画数かくすう: 9 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 亻(にんべん)

Meaning

Connection / Person in charge / Related

  • 係員かかりいん — staff / attendant
  • 関係かんけい — relation / connection
  • 係長かかりちょう — section chief
  • 係数けいすう — coefficient (math)
  • 係争けいそう — dispute, controversy, litigation

The character combines the radical 人 (person) with 系 (connection, lineage). It suggests a person who is connected to or responsible for something. Used widely in social and administrative contexts.

このイベントのかかりわたしです。
I am in charge of this event.

関係かんけいのある資料しりょうあつめてください。
Please gather the related documents.

数
Creates
係数けいすう — coefficient (math)
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