Chinese Character 製 Meanings and components.

Form

製

Meaning

製 meaning[3] in English

To Manufacture.

To Make.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 製 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are system (制) , and clothes (衣)

Its radical[1] is: 衣 (yi1) which means: Clothes, Cl:件[Jian4], Kangxi Radical 145, .衣yi1clothes

In cangjie it is written with HNYHV

How to write 製

To write製zhi4to manufacture you should write a combination of 制zhi4system , 衣yi1clothes arranged in a 吕 shape:

制 + 衣 = 製

製 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 製 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 製, looks as follow:

製
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Manufacture . To Make
制
Pinyin:zhi4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: System . To Control . To Regulate . Variant Of 製|制[Zhi4]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]
衣
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: Clothes . Cl:件[Jian4] . Kangxi Radical 145
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
𧘇
Pinyin:𧘇5 Shape:一
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
𠄌
Pinyin:jue2
乀
Pinyin:fu2
Meaning[3]: Stretch

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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