製

See also 制

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 制 + semantic 衣 (“clothes”) – originally to produce cloth.

Han character

製 (radical 145 衣+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓卜竹女 (HNYHV), four-corner 2273₂)

1. to make, to manufacture
2. to produce

References

• KangXi: page 1119, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34380
• Dae Jaweon: page 1586, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3095, character 12
• Unihan data for U+88FD

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Cantonese

Hanzi

製 (simplified 制, Yale jai3)

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Japanese

Kanji

製 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Suffix

製 (hiragana せい, romaji sei)

1. -made

   日本製

   にほんせい
   nihonsei

   made in Japan

Noun

製 (hiragana せい, romaji sei)

1. make

Readings

• On: せい (sei)
• Kun: たつ (tatsu), つくる (tsukuru)

Compounds

• 製作者 (せいさくしゃ, seisakusha, “manufacturer, producer”)
• 製造 (せいぞう, seizō, “manufacturing”)
• 和製 (わせい, wasei, “Japanese-made”)
• 自家製 (じかせい, jikasei, “home-made”)
• 家電製品 (かでんせいひん, kaden seihin, “consumer electronics”)

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Korean

Hanja

製 (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune-Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

製 (simplified 制, pinyin jù (ju4), zhì (zhi4), Wade-Giles chü⁴, chih⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

製 (chế, chẽ)