漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
製: made in..., manufacture
JLPT N114 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
衣 carries the meaning · 制 gives the sound
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 製品せいひんmanufactured goods
- 製図せいずdrafting, drawing
- 製造業せいぞうぎょうmanufacturing industry
- 日本製にほんせいJapan made
- 特製とくせいspecially made
- 手製てせいhandmade
- 木製もくせいmade of wood
- 製作するせいさくするmanufacture
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)制 to cut out; to make (sound) + 衣 clothes (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 製 (rev. 92201692), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dress for the occasion! This radical represents the protective layers we wear and the social identity that fine clothing provides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 制 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhì
Japan keeps the traditional form 製; mainland China simplifies it to 制.
- Simplified
- 制 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 製 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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