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Kanji Detail for 制 - "to control, system"

制

  • Meaning

    制 means "to control, system." Also associated with to make.

    1. Control - To restrain; to regulate.

    2. System - An established method; a structure.

    3. Make - To create; to establish.

    4. Suppress - To hold down; to subdue.

  • Words using 制

    • 体制 たいせい Listen order; system; structure
    • 制度 せいど Listen system; institution; organization
    • 規制 きせい Listen regulation; (traffic) policing; control
    • 制裁 せいさい Listen sanctions; punishment
    • 税制 ぜいせい Listen tax system
    • 制作 せいさく Listen work (film, book); production; creation
    • 制限 せいげん Listen restriction; restraint; limitation
    • 強制 きょうせい Listen compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do)

  • Four-character idioms with 制

    • 女人禁制 にょにんきんせい Listen prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
    • 以夷制夷 いいせいい Listen controlling foreigners by foreigners; playing one barbarian state against another
    • 以毒制毒 いどくせいどく Listen using poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil; fighting fire with fire
    • 先制攻撃 せんせいこうげき Listen preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
    • 規制緩和 きせいかんわ Listen deregulation; removal (easing) of (official) restrictions; relaxation of regulations
    • 鉄拳制裁 てっけんせいさい Listen (punishment by) striking with fists

  • Tattoo check: 制

    • Verified meaning: to control, system
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おさむ, せい, せいじ)
    • Also carries these associations: to make

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 制

    Given names 制(おさむ)Listen

    Surnames 制(せい)Listen 制(せいじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    system; law; rule

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    system; establish; overpower

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    system; to control; to regulate; variant of 製|制[zhi4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Established law is called 制. Such as 法制 (legal system), 典制 (institutions). Fixed regulations for handling affairs is called 制度. | In old times, the emperor's words were called 制. Such as 制書 (imperial edict), 制策 (imperial examination question). | To create. Such as 制禮作樂 (establish rituals and make music). | To control. Such as 統制 (command), 節制 (regulate), meaning to govern. | To cut; to decide. Such as 裁制, 斷制. | To coerce. Such as 制其死命 (hold power over one's life and death). | One observing three years of mourning is called 守制, meaning following the ritual system established by the ancients. Today, when visiting cards have the character 制, it means one is in the three-year mourning period.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sei(セイ) セイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    to control system to make cut trim decree edict enforce execute oblige comply regulation rule shape suppress restriction command direct discipline dominate govern manufacture order restrain regulate supervise

Sentences including 制

  • You must control yourself.

  • They are paid by the day.

  • That child's free time is circumscribed.

  • I'm on diet.

  • The closing of school was due to the snow.

  • I'm out of control.

  • The american police are in blue uniforms.

  • Should i watch my diet?

  • You have to eat regularly.

  • That made him govern himself.

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