(zhì) - system, to make, to restrict (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
zhìTraditional: 制
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Translation
system, to make, to restrict (bound morpheme)
Word origin
An ideographic character showing a knife (刂) trimming a branching plant, the image of cutting something to shape, hence to make, to regulate and a system.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 刂 (knife) + 未 (a branching plant)
Stroke order
制
Examples
。
This system is controlled by him.
格。
The company has a strict system.
厂。
He makes products at the factory.
规。
This kind of rule was made by us.
厂。
The factory has produced many machines.
制 (zhì) is a bound morpheme covering systems and the act of making; it pairs with 控 in 控制 (kòngzhì), to control.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 制.
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