制

See also 製

Translingual

Han character

制 (radical 18 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹月中弓 (HBLN), four-corner 2220₀)

1. cut, chop, restrict, overpower
2. produce, make, manufacture
3. (n) system, (adj) standard
4. establish
5. (archaic) edict of ancient Chinese rulers
   • Trans. James Legge. The Book of Rites, Quli II, §96:

     國君死社稷，大夫死眾，士死制。

     A ruler should die for his altars; a great officer, with the host (he commands); an inferior officer, for his charge.

6. (archaic) a mourning rite on behalf of parents' deaths in ancient China

References

• KangXi: page 139, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1961
• Dae Jaweon: page 315, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 335, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5236

---

Cantonese

Hanzi

制 (traditional 製, Yale jai3)

---

Japanese

Kanji

制 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: せい (sei)
• Kun: おさえる (osaeru)

Suffix

制 (hiragana せい, romaji -sei)

1. system

---

Korean

Hanja

制 (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune-Reischauer che)

---

Mandarin

Hanzi

制 (traditional 製, pinyin zhì (zhi4), Wade-Giles chih⁴)

Usage notes

制 can be used as either a simplified or traditional character. Both 製 and 制 are simplified into 制.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

制 (chế, chới, chơi, choi, xế, xiết)