Keyword
lineage
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig1492
Readings
けい
(100%)
Composed of
slash left
thread
Mnemonic

No matter how hard you slash at it, you can never sever the thread of your lineage.

Used in kanji (4 in total)
be involved with
grandchild
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prefecture [old]
Used in vocabulary (364 in total)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
family lineage
Examples (23 in total)
He decided to perform systematic research.
Tom is an American of German descent.
Did you come from a musical family?