Definition of 系統 (けいとう)
けいとう
系統
けいとう
keitou
Common word
noun
1.
system
2.
lineage, ancestry, family line
3.
group (e.g. of colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of thought)
4.
close (evolutionary) relationship
5.
a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)
Related Kanji
| 系 | lineage, system |
| 統 | overall, relationship, ruling, governing |