family tree; pedigree; genealogy
Refers to a chart or record showing family lineage, ancestry, or descent. Used in historical, legal, and everyday contexts.
He is researching his family's genealogy.
This family has a family tree dating back to the Edo period.
He traced his ancestors' family tree back to the Edo period.
My grandmother decided to draw up a family tree for her house.
That warlord's name is listed in an old family tree.
She researched her family's genealogy and was surprised by what she found.
家系図 is a more explicit modern compound meaning 'family tree chart' and is often used interchangeably with the shorter, more classical 系図.
系図 is the physical family-tree diagram or chart, while 系譜 is the lineage or line of descent itself (which a 系図 may depict).
family tree; genealogical chart
genealogy (study of)
pedigree buying · fencing stolen goods; fence
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
系 (lineage, system) + 図 (diagram, chart). The compound straightforwardly means 'lineage chart'.