Chinese symbol for “manufacture”
制
zhì
Traditional: 製
to manufacture; to make
The closest CC-CEDICT match for manufacture is 制 (zhì), defined as: to manufacture; to make.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “manufacture”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 制造 (製造) | zhì zào | to manufacture; to make |
| 生产 (生產) | shēng chǎn | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child |
| 制成 (製成) | zhì chéng | to manufacture; to turn out (a product) |
| 制作 (製作) | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 造 | zào | to make; to build |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “manufacture”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.