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 (393 in total)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
family lineage
system; organization; organisation; architecture
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
direct descent; direct line
sports-minded; sports-oriented
the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
time series; chronological order; chronology
citrus; citrus fruit; citrus (as a fragrance category; in perfumes, detergents, etc.); citrus scent
(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
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
Japanese company active abroad; company partly funded by Japanese nationals
foreign capital group; foreign company
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
of Asian descent
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
star system
water system; river system; drainage system
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
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
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
female line; matrilinear
male lineage
online dating website
mountain range; mountain system
online dating website
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company
outline; survey; compendium
person who is overly conscious about appearing interesting (esp. online)
Akihabara style; nerdy
similar color; similar colour
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
independent; unaffiliated; self-funding
affiliated; akin
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
evolved form; developed form
Arab; Arabian
phylogenetic tree; genealogical tree; family tree; evolutionary tree; dendrogram
visual kei; fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands and musicians; attractive person
carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men
science and engineering
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
physical work; physical worker; blue-collar worker
biological (system); bio-
the blues; bluish colors
implementation; processor
someone who has wild fantasies; someone who hears voices; someone who is crazy
legal structure; legal system; jurisprudence
maternal line; mother's side of the family
the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)
to systematize; to organize
the reds; reddish colors
chlorinated; chlorine
circulatory system (blood, lymph, etc.)
extrasolar; trans-Neptunian; outside the solar system
sekai-kei (genre of manga, anime, etc.)
matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor descended from the imperial line through the maternal side
wage system; wage structure
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
lineal relation; direct lineal ancestor; direct lineal descendent
autonomic nervous system; ANS
paternal line; father's side of the family
planetary system; star system
hip-hop culture; Black culture (esp. breakdancing culture)
matrilineal family; family dominated by women; matriarchal family
structured (e.g. information); integral (e.g. knowledge); systematic
coordinate system
blood circulatory system; vascular system
single-family lineage
fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc.
sekai-kei (genre of manga, anime, etc.)
legitimate line; direct descent
(study of) genealogy
hydraulic system
mode fashion (design-focused style emphasizing distinctive silhouettes, materials, and aesthetics); avant-garde fashion style
Shibuya-kei (pop music microgenre of the mid-late 1990s)
White Russian emigre; White Russian exile
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
medical; related to medical sciences
neat and tidy woman who is (unexpectedly) promiscuous
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
communist controlled
systematic; methodical; scientific
woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
Akihabara style; nerdy
structured (e.g. information); integral (e.g. knowledge); systematic
electric power system; electric system; power system
men's fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories
phylogeny; phylogenesis
lymphatic system
exoplanet; extrasolar planet
sympathetic nervous system; SNS
left-leaning; left-wing; leftist
one of those; a you-know; gay; homosexual
Akihabara style; nerdy
multisystem; polyphyletic
parasympathetic nervous system; PSNS
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
person with differing ideology, attitudes, etc. to one's own
to systematize; to organize
healing-type; comforting; calming; therapeutic; soothing; relaxing
fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories
systematic; methodical; scientific
inertial system; inertial frame of reference
American of Japanese descent
formation; classification of plant communities
spiritual (person)
putting in order; systemize; systemise
axiomatic system
cognate language
orrery (mechanical model of the solar system)
acoustic system; auditory system; hearing system
oxygenated; oxygen
conservative system
(study of) genealogy
system of crystallization; system of crystallisation
nonbenzodiazepine; non-benzodiazepine; benzodiazepine-like drug
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
patrilineal imperial succession (Japan)
paradigmatic; prototypical; representative
pure line; pure strain
conservative without party affiliation
intake system (of an engine); air intake system
Ura-Hara fashion; fashion style associated with a section of the Harajuku neighbourhood of Tokyo
ramen variety with pork bone and soy sauce broth
variety which bears many young
circulatory system (blood, lymph, etc.)
phylogenetic classification; phylogenetic taxonomy
trance-style (music)
redundant system (string, line)
flight from science
impulse conduction system (of the heart)
ignition system
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
centimetre-gram-second system of units
phonological system; phoneme system
trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
code; coding scheme
Cronquist system (taxonomic classification system of flowering plants)
Mary Sue novel; wish-fulfillment story
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
orthorhombic crystal system
International System of Units; SI
collateral relation by blood
hip-hop culture; Black culture (esp. breakdancing culture)
Akihabara style; nerdy
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
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
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)
Cambrian system (i.e. rock layer deposited during the Cambrian period)
ecozone (biogeographical realm)
decay chain; decay series
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 (subgenre of role-playing video games)
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
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
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
Latin-American; Latin
medical; related to medical care
main sequence; principal series
drive-line; powertrain
descent; lineage; bloodline; family tree; genealogy
person who hogs food; glutton
Examples (23 in total)
Tom is an American of German descent.
Did you come from a musical family?
Will humanity be able to prevent the degradation of ecosystems?