Japanese symbol for “controlling”
管制
かんせい
Romaji: kansei
control (by the state); controlling; coordination
In Japanese, controlling is 管制, read かんせい (kansei).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt control (by the state); controlling; coordination
- n air traffic control
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “controlling”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鎮め | しずめ shizume | controlling; suppressing; quelling |
| 仕切り | しきり shikiri | directing; controlling; managing |
| 君臨 | くんりん kunrin | dominating; controlling; dictating |
| 操船 | そうせん sousen | steering a ship; controlling; maneuvering |
| 征圧 | せいあつ seiatsu | conquest; subjugation; overcoming |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | かんり kanri | control; management (e.g. of a business) |
| 保管 | ほかん hokan | charge; custody; safekeeping |
| 血管 | けっかん kekkan | blood vessel; vein |
| 管轄 | かんかつ kankatsu | jurisdiction; control |
| 配管 | はいかん haikan | plumbing; piping |
| 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) |
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.