| 语 | yǔ xì | language family | 
| 语 | yǔ | dialect / language / speech | 
| 语 | yù | (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know | 
| 系 | xì | to connect / to relate to / to tie up / to bind / to be (literary) | 
| 系 | xì | system / department / faculty | 
| 系 | jì | to tie / to fasten / to button up | 
| 系 | xì | to connect / to arrest / to worry |