← Back

制

system
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingセイ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. systemRtK
  2. law
  3. rule
  1. organization
  2. organisation
  3. imperial command
  4. laws

Popular Usage

制限制度制作専制体制規制強制

Radicals and components

Radical刀knife刂variant
Components
How it's built
制
  • →
  • →
  • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

cow (牛) · belt · sword (刀) · sabre (刀) · saber (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 447

Compound words

制限せいげん
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
制度せいど
system; institution; organization; organisation
制作せいさく
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out; development
専制せんせい
despotism; autocracy
体制たいせい
order; system; structure; set-up; organization
制限するせいげんする
to restrict; to limit
抑制するよくせいする
control
規制きせい
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
強制きょうせい
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
管制かんせい
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
旧制きゅうせい
old system; old order; pre-World War II education system; prewar education system
禁制きんせい
prohibition; ban; embargo
自制じせい
self-control; self-restraint
新制しんせい
new system; new order; post-World War II education system; postwar education system; new education system
制圧せいあつ
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery
制球せいきゅう
(pitcher's) control
制裁せいさい
sanctions; punishment
制止せいし
control; check; restraint; inhibition
制定せいてい
enactment; establishment; creation
制覇せいは
conquest; domination; supremacy; mastery; winning (a championship)
制服せいふく
uniform
制約せいやく
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
税制ぜいせい
tax system
先制せんせい
head start; initiative; preemption

Additional Examples

彼は怒りを抑制することができなかった。
He could not control his anger.tatoeba
彼は昼間の仕事のほかに、毎晩定時制高校に通っている。
He goes to a part-time high school every evening in addition to the work he does during the day.tatoeba
彼は大統領の職から強制的に退くべきか。
Ought he to be forced out of the presidency?tatoeba
彼は全く自制心がない。
He denies himself nothing.tatoeba
サービス利用時間の制限
Time restrictions relating to servicewiki
開港場を薺浦のみに制限。
Limiting the open port to Seiho (port of Sei) only.wiki
また、その制度。
Eiten also refers to its system.wiki
律令制度制定以降
After the enactment of the Ritsuryo system (a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code)wiki
新制作協会展初入選
He was accepted for the Shinseisaku Association Exhibition for the first time.wiki
制作部助監督となる。
He was designated assistant director in the production department.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 制

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