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manufacture

HSK 10 N2
zhì
セイ
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning (manufacturing/tailoring clothes) and 制 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (製)
system+ clothing =
manufacture
Phonetic component
zhì system
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Meaning component
clothing
clothes, clothing
Simplified (制)
Iconic component
wèi not yet
Depicts a tree.
Iconic component
dāo knife (side)
knife
刂 is a component form of 刀.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [zhì]
to manufacture; to make
Japanese
せい 同音
n-sufnoun make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
すみあき
Sumiaki unclassified name
すみお
Sumio unclassified name
すみたか
Sumitaka unclassified name
すみとし
Sumitoshi unclassified name
すみはる
Sumiharu unclassified name