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製

Manufacture
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingセイ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 5Level 24

Verbs with «製»

製造する製作する複製する作製する

Meanings

  1. manufacture
  2. made in...RtK
  1. make
  2. -made
  3. made of ...
  4. made in ...

Homonyms

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Same reading (せい)
背 · height性 · nature (of a person)正 · true姓 · surname制 · system精 · spirit

Popular Usage

製造製品作製製作

Radicals and components

Radical衣clothes衤variant
Components
How it's built
製
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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made in… · system · cow (牛) · belt · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀) · hat · scarf (冂) · cloth (巾) · clothes · clothing · garment

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 448

Compound words

製造せいぞう
manufacture; production
製品せいひん
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
作製さくせい
manufacture; production
製作せいさく
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
新製品しんせいひん
new product
既製きせい
ready-made; off the shelf
手製てせい
handmade; homemade
精製せいせい
refining; purification; careful manufacture
製鋼せいこう
steel manufacture
製図せいず
drafting; drawing
製鉄せいてつ
iron manufacture
製糖せいとう
sugar manufacture
製法せいほう
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
製薬せいやく
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
鉄製てっせい
made of iron
特製とくせい
special make; deluxe
複製ふくせい
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
木製もくせい
wooden; made of wood
製紙せいし
papermaking; paper manufacture
縫製ほうせい
sewing (by machine)
既製服きせいふく
ready-made clothes; ready-to-wear clothes; off-the-rack clothes; off-the-peg clothes
日本製にほんせい
made in Japan; Japanese-made
乳製品にゅうせいひん
dairy products
製油所せいゆじょ
oil refinery

Additional Examples

彼は日本製の車を持っています。
He has a Japanese car.tatoeba
彼は電気製品をばらばらにするのが好きだ。
He likes to take electric devices apart.tatoeba
彼は長く製鉄業を支配したが、完全な独占には至らなかった。
Though he long dominated the steel industry, he never achieved a complete monopoly.tatoeba
彼は新製品開発に対して強い熱意を示した。
He showed a lot of enthusiasm for the development of new products.tatoeba
製造・販売する商品
Products to make and sellwiki
あんぱんの製造開始
Production of sweet adzuki-bean roll started from this period.wiki
島津製作所三条工場
Sanjo Works, Shimadzu Corporationwiki
島津製作所創業記念館
Shimazu Foundation Memorial Hallwiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Manufacture. 制 (cut to pattern) + 衣 (clothing) — making clothes from a pattern. 日本製 — made in Japan.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 製

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step