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系

xì

department

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Character

系 xì

Strokes
7
Radical
糸 — silk
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 系

Example phrases

  • 我在中文系。 Wǒ zài Zhōngwén xì. I am in the Chinese department.
  • 她是音乐系的。 Tā shì yīnyuè xì de. She is from the music department.
  • 这个系很大。 Zhège xì hěn dà. This department is very big.

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