Japanese symbol for “cm”

制御点

せいぎょてん

Romaji: seigyoten

Control Point; CM

In Japanese, cm is 制御点, read せいぎょてん (seigyoten).

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Meanings

n Control Point; CM (comp)

Kanji and stroke order

制

system, law, rule

on: セイ

8 strokes · JLPT 2

御

honorable, manipulate, govern

on: ギョ、ゴ
kun: おん-、お-、み-

12 strokes · JLPT 2

点

spot, point, mark

on: テン
kun: つ.ける、つ.く、た.てる、さ.す

9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “cm”

Word	Reading	Meaning
司令船	しれいせん shireisen	command module (e.g. Apollo's); CM

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
制度	せいど seido	system; institution; organization
制限	せいげん seigen	restriction; restraint; limitation
制作	せいさく seisaku	work (film, book)
規制	きせい kisei	regulation; (traffic) policing; control
体制	たいせい taisei	order; system; structure
強制	きょうせい kyousei	compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do)
制御	せいぎょ seigyo	control (of a machine, device, etc.)
防御	ぼうぎょ bougyo	defense; defence; safeguard
視点	してん shiten	point of view; viewpoint; angle

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.