繼

It is a phono-semantic compound, composed of:

糸 (fine thread, silk) – semantic element, indicating connection and continuity.

㡭 (gye, “to connect, to continue”) – phonetic element.

㡭 is considered the same character as 繼 in historical usage.

It is distinct from:

系 (맬 계) – “to tie, to system, lineage”

係 (이를 계) – “to be related, connected to”

계속 (繼續) – continuation

계승 (繼承) – succession, inheritance

단절과 계 (斷絶과 繼) – severance and continuation (literary usage)