制

制 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹月中弓 (HBLN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰⿻牛冂刂)

• 淛 猘 𠶜 𡍘 𡝧 𢛁 𢮓 𨔈 㫼 掣 𤙲 𦜋 𦜗 𦜾 𦲟 𪰮 𭪨 𭪩 痸 𥇕 𧚳 𬎭 䎺 製 𧤊 𧨰 𨡐 𨡘 𨧳 𨨪 𫵨 䱥 鯯 𪘥

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 139, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1961
• Dae Jaweon: page 315, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 335, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5236

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 木 (“tree”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to cut a tree. 木 was also written as the related 未.

制

1. to plan; to regulate
2. to restrict; to limit; to control
3. to rule; to decide; to overpower
4. system; law; rules
5. (historical) edict of ancient Chinese rulers

   • 國君死社稷，大夫死眾，士死制。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     国君死社稷，大夫死众，士死制。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Guójūn sǐ shèjì, dàfū sǐ zhòng, shì sǐ zhì. [Pinyin]

     A ruler should die for his altars; a great officer, with the host (he commands); an inferior officer, for his charge.

6. (historical) mourning rite on behalf of parents' deaths in ancient China
7. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) to consent to; to agree to

   Synonym: 肯

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: せ (se)
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: おさえる (osaeru, 制える)
• Nanori: いさむ (isamu)、おさむ (osamu)、さだ (sada)、すけ (suke)、ただ (tada)、のり (nori)

制(せい) • (-sei) 

1. system

制 (eumhun 절제할 제 (jeoljehal je))

1. hanja form^? of 제 (“plan; regulate”)

• 규제 (規制, gyuje, “regulation, control, restriction”)

制: Hán Nôm readings: chế, chới, chơi, choi, xế, xiết

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