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Translingual
Han character
製 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 竹弓卜竹女 (HNYHV), four-corner 22732, composition ⿱制衣)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1119, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34380
- Dae Jaweon: page 1586, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3095, character 12
- Unihan data for U+88FD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 制
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*kjeds
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| 淛
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*kjeds
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| 製
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*kjeds
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| 掣
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*kʰjeds, *kʰjed
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| 痸
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*kʰjeds
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| 猘
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*kreds
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kjeds) : phonetic 制 (OC *kjeds, “to cut out; to make”) + semantic 衣 (“clothes”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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製
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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zhì
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tsyejH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tet-s/
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| English
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cut out (a garment)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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製
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17379
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Phonetic
component
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制
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Rime
group
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祭
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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制
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Old
Chinese
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/*kjeds/
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Definitions
製
- to make; to manufacture; to produce
- 製造／制造 ― zhìzào ― to manufacture
- 自製／自制 ― zìzhì ― to make by oneself
- 日本製商品／日本制商品 ― Rìběn zhì shāngpǐn ― goods manufactured in Japan
- to cut out
- 縫製／缝制 ― féngzhì ― to sew; to make (clothes)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
製
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 製 / 制 (tsyejH).
Pronunciation
Noun
製 • (sei)
- make
Suffix
製 • (-sei)
- -made
- 日本製
- Nihon-sei
- made in Japan
- made of
- 木製
- mokusei
- made of wood, wooden
References
Korean
Hanja
製 (eumhun 지을 제 (jieul je))
- hanja form? of 제 (“build; make”)
Compounds
- 제작 (製作, jejak, “production”)
- 제조 (製造, jejo, “manufacturing”)
- 제과점 (製菓店, jegwajeom, “bakery”)
- 제빵 (製-, jeppang, “baking”)
- 제빵사 (製-師, jeppangsa, “baker”)
- 제빵기 (製-師, jeppanggi, “breadmaker”)
- 특제 (特製, teukje, “specially made”)
Vietnamese
Han character
製: Hán Nôm readings: chế, chẽ
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