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系 means 'system'
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⿱ ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from 糸 thread
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 系 is used 8 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 系 is used 311 times, read 1 way.
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noun
1. system2. lineage; ancestry; family line
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