漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
制: system, law
Also: rule
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
刂 carries the meaning · 牛 and 巾 are drawn in
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 制度せいどsystem
- 制服せいふくuniform [n.]
- 体制たいせいsystem, set-up
- 税制ぜいせいtax system
- 天皇制てんのうせいthe Emperor System
- 共和制きょうわせいrepublicanism
- 制定するせいていするenact (law)
- 制限するせいげんするrestrict, limit
- 強制するきょうせいするcoerce
- 規制するきせいするregulate
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)朱 tree + 刀 knife
To cut a tree.
Source: Wiktionary, 制 (rev. 92199993), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Slice through it! This "standing knife" radical is all about precision and force.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side制 system · 牛
vs刷 printing · 尸In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhì
Same form: 制 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 制 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 制 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhì most common reading
False friend. In simplified Chinese, 制 also stands for 製 (made in..., manufacture), which Japanese writes as a separate kanji.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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