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
system; organization; organisation; architecture
sports-minded; sports-oriented
direct descent; direct line
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
chronological order; time series
star system
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
therapy; healing; rejuvenating; refreshing; soothing
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
foreign capital group; foreign company
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
female line; matrilinear
water system; river system; drainage system
of Asian descent
online dating website
outline; survey; compendium
person who is overly conscious about appearing interesting (esp. online)
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
Akihabara style; nerdy
male lineage
similar color; similar colour
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
mountain range; mountain system
affiliated; akin
liberal arts; humanities
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
phylogenetic tree; genealogical tree; family tree; evolutionary tree; dendrogram
online dating Web site
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men
implementation; processor
physical work; physical worker; blue-collar worker
somebody who has wild fantasies; someone who hears voices; someone who is crazy
the blues; bluish colors
maternal line; mother's side of the family
to systematize; to organize
science course
biological (system); bio-
the reds; reddish colors
circulatory system (blood, lymph, etc.)
Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals
independent; unaffiliated; self-funding
sekai-kei (genre of manga, anime, etc.)
Arab; Arabian
legal structure; legal system; jurisprudence
science and technology
autonomic nervous system; ANS
paternal line; father's side of the family
lineal relation; direct lineal ancestor; direct lineal descendent
coordinate system
legitimate line; direct descent
blood circulatory system; vascular system
single-family lineage
hip-hop culture; Black culture (esp. breakdancing culture)
fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.
planetary system; star system
sekai-kei (genre of manga, anime, etc.)
value system; set of values
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
Shibuya-kei (pop music microgenre of the mid-late 1990s)
neat and tidy woman who is (unexpectedly) promiscuous
White Russian emigre; White Russian exile
visual system; ophthalmencephalon
man who is neither overly aggressive nor overly passive in pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) omnivore
White Russian emigre; White Russian exile
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
chlorinated; chlorine
men's fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories
phylogeny; phylogenesis
multisystem; polyphyletic
lymphatic system
parasympathetic nerve system; parasympathetic nervous system
Akihabara style; nerdy
one of those; a you-know; gay; homosexual
left-leaning; left-wing; leftist
exoplanet; extrasolar planet
Akihabara style; nerdy
communist controlled
electric power system; electric system; power system
person with differing ideology, attitudes, etc. to one's own
therapy; healing; rejuvenating; refreshing; soothing
main sequence star; main sequence stars
to systematize; to organize
inertial system; inertial frame of reference
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories
country of origin; ethnicity
putting in order; systemize; systemise
spiritual (person)
axiomatic system
orrery (mechanical model of the solar system)
wage system; wage structure
genealogy (the study)
system of crystallization; system of crystallisation
acoustic system; auditory system; hearing system
cognate language
American of Japanese descent
conservative system
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
Ura-Hara fashion; fashion style associated with a section of the Harajuku neighbourhood of Tokyo
formation; classification of plant communities
variety which bears many young
oxygenated; oxygen
pure line; pure strain
circulatory system (blood, lymph, etc.)
paradigmatic; prototypical; representative
nonbenzodiazepine; non-benzodiazepine; benzodiazepine-like drug
trance-style (music)
orthorhombic crystal system
code; coding scheme
flight from science
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
ignition system
Mary Sue novel; wish-fulfillment story
redundant system (string, line)
International System of Units; SI
trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
centimetre-gram-second system of units
impulse conduction system (of the heart)
phylogenetic classification; phylogenetic taxonomy
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
collateral relation by blood
hip-hop culture; Black culture (esp. breakdancing culture)
men's fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories
men's fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories
one of those; a you-know; gay; homosexual
Akihabara style; nerdy
flight from science
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
bank issued credit card
system of particles; system of material points
chain of distribution
differential coefficient
river system
conservative without party affiliation
character coding system
actinium series; Actinides
gastrovascular system
normalized orthogonal system; normalised orthogonal system
Bantu language (of the Bantu language family)
rule prohibiting match-ups between wrestlers from the same family
strongly correlated electron system
pyrine medicine
fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories
beta-lactam (var. of antibiotic)
matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not
Cambrian system (i.e. rock layer deposited during the Cambrian period)
ecozone (biogeographical realm)
access system
glyph coordinate system
macrogenerator; macroprocessor
macrogenerator; macroprocessor
mate system; redundant system
right-handed coordinate system
pseudonoise sequence; pn sequence
left-handed coordinate system
close classification system; depth classification system
close classification system; depth classification system
multidimensional classification system
dichotomized classification system
notation; system of notation
universal classification system; general classification system
document architecture; document body
roguelike (genre of computer game with typically ASCII graphics)
phytogeographical region; floristic kingdom
patrilineal system; patriliny
phonemic system; phoneme system
rock series; lithosequence
mesoscale convective system; MCS
pedigree buying; fencing stolen goods; fence
systematics; phylogenetic systematics; systematic taxonomy; systematic biology
inbred line; inbred strain
molecular phylogenetics; molecular phylogeny
keiretsu transaction; financial transaction between affiliated enterprises; intragroup business deal
Cronquist system (taxonomic classification system of flowering plants)
Korean living in Japan; person of Korean descent
lanthanide series; lanthanoid series
water-vascular system
blue letter style; comparatively mature fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in blue)
closed blood-vascular system
cloud system
disperse system; dispersoid
tetragonal crystal system
monoclinic crystal system
orthorhombic crystal system
patrilineal imperial succession (Japan)
glymphatic system; paravascular system
Unix-derived (e.g. Linux, BSD, AIX); Unix family (of operating systems); Unix-like
Unix-derived (e.g. Linux, BSD, AIX); Unix family (of operating systems); Unix-like
integumentary system
fluorochemical surfactant; fluorine-based surfactant
Examples (23 in total)
He decided to perform systematic research.
Tom is an American of German descent.
Did you come from a musical family?