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Kanji Detail for 制 - "control, system, regulate"
制
- Meaning
制 means "control, system, regulate."
Control - To restrain; to regulate.
System - An established method; a structure.
Make - To create; to establish.
Suppress - To hold down; to subdue.
- 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.
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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.
制御できない。
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.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
それが酒を飲んだ揚句の事なので、夢中に擲り合いをしている間に、学校の制帽をとうとう向うのものに取られてしまったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
Ｋの来た後は、もしかするとお嬢さんがＫの方に意があるのではなかろうかという疑念が絶えず私を制するようになったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それが酒を飲んだ揚句の事なので、夢中に擲り合いをしている間に、学校の制帽をとうとう向うのものに取られてしまったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
Ｋの来た後は、もしかするとお嬢さんがＫの方に意があるのではなかろうかという疑念が絶えず私を制するようになったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha