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制 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
セイせい · sei
Kun
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Meaning
system; to control; regulate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A leafy branch being trimmed with a blade (刂); cutting things into shape gives "system, control."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei制度せいど制限せいげん統制とうせい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 制度せいど

    system; institution

  • 制作せいさく

    production; making a work

More words with this kanji

  • 制服せいふく
  • 制限せいげん
  • 制御せいぎょ
  • 抑制よくせい
  • 制覇せいは
  • 牽制けんせい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

学校(がっこう)の新(あたら)しい制度(せいど)が始(はじ)まった。

The school's new system has started.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

制作制度制作to mak…度degree刊to pub…判to jud…則rule刈reap刋to cut性nature政govern…勢force精refine…製to man…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading セイAll maps

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