制 — Chinese character
制
zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
- Pinyin
- zhì
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 巾 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 巾
- Traditional
- 製
- Japanese
- 制 as a kanji
Common words with 制
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict; to limit |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
| 体制 (體制) | tǐ zhì | system; organization |
| 制定 | zhì dìng | to draw up; to formulate |
| 机制 (機制) | jī zhì | mechanism |
| 机制 (機製) | jī zhì | machine-processed; machine-made |
| 强制 (強制) | qiáng zhì | to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory |
| 编制 (編制) | biān zhì | to establish (a unit or department); authorized staffing allocation in government or public institutions (excluding temporary or contract staff) |
| 编制 (編製) | biān zhì | to weave; to plait; to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc) |
English words written with 制
制 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Art of War 7 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 8 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 28
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Art of War 1.7
- Art of War 1.10
- Art of War 1.17
- Art of War 6.27
- Art of War 6.31
- Art of War 10.21
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