Word Meaning 家系

かけい kakei

家系 is read as かけい (kakei) and means family lineage.

Meaning

English

  1. family lineage

Reading

Kana

かけい

Romaji

kakei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Related Words ,血筋,系図,継承,世代,関係 Rank 3734 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

家系伝説

かけいでんせつ

family legend

家系図

かけいず

family tree

母系家族

ぼけいかぞく

matrilineal family

家賃

やちん

rent

家柄

いえがら

good family

家裁

かさい

family court

家計簿

かけいぼ

household account book

家庭裁判所

かていさいばんしょ

family court

家筋

いえすじ

lineage

家督

かとく

headship of a family

家紋

かもん

family crest

家電製品協会

かでんせいひんきょうかい

Association for Electric Home Appliances

Example Sentences

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かれのいえはだいだいいしゃのかけいだ。

His family has been a line of doctors for generations.

かけいずをしらべてみました。

I tried looking into my family tree.

This family has been turning out lawyers generation after generation.

I wish I had been brought up in a family with bigger breasts... Oh, but I'm male so it doesn't matter.