系統
けいとう
keitou
JLPT N2nounVocabularyLevel 67 - JLPT N2

Quick answer

系統 (けいとう (keitou)) means "System". The reading is けいとう (keitou). Audio pronunciation and kanji breakdown are below.

Meaning

System

Also : Lineage · Ancestry · Family line

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Example Sentences

東洋の思想体系と西洋の思想は、異なる系統に属しています。

とうようのしそうたいけいとせいようのしそうは、ことなるけいとうにぞくしています。

Oriental philosophy and Western thought belong to different systems.

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