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Kanji Information Sheet for 制 ( 
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| English: system law rule | On-Yomi: セイ | Kun-Yomi: No Kun-yomi readings found for this kanji |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
刀 (かたな) – sword
刈 (ガイ, カイ, か.る, かっ かり) – reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
刀 (かたな) – sword
刈 (ガイ, カイ, か.る, かっ かり) – reap; cut; clip; trim; prune
Henshall Mnemonic: tree cut in shape of cow shows system of sorts
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #108 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #108 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 制限 [せいげん]
(n,vs) restriction; restraint; limitation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制度 [せいど]
(n) system; institution; organization [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 制作 [せいさく]
(n,vs) work (film, book) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 専制 [せんせい]
(n) despotism; autocracy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 体制 [たいせい]
(n) order; system; structure; set-up; organization [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 統制 [とうせい]
(n) regulation; control [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制 [せい]
(n,n-suf,vs) system; organization; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制する [せいする]
(vs-s) to control; to command; to get the better of [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制裁 [せいさい]
(n) restraint; sanctions; punishment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制定 [せいてい]
(n,vs) enactment; establishment; creation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 強制 [きょうせい]
(n,vs) obligation; coercion; compulsion; enforcement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制服 [せいふく]
(n) uniform [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制約 [せいやく]
(n,vs) limitation; restriction; condition; constraints [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抑制 [よくせい]
(n,vs) control; restraint; suppression [K] [D] [Jisho] - 規制 [きせい]
(n) regulation [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 税制 [ぜいせい]
(n) tax system [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制圧 [せいあつ]
(n,vs) gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制球 [せいきゅう]
(n) (pitcher's) control (baseball) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 先制 [せんせい]
(n,vs) preempt; head-start (of several runs) (baseball) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制御 [せいぎょ]
(n) control; governing; checking; suppression; repression; restraint; mastery; management [K] [D] [Jisho] - 禁制 [きんせい]
(n) prohibition; ban; embargo [K] [D] [Jisho] - 新制 [しんせい]
(n) new system [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制止 [せいし]
(n) control; check; restraint; inhibition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 制覇 [せいは]
(n) conquest; domination; mastery [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全日制 [ぜんにちせい]
(n) the full-day (school system) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法制 [ほうせい]
(n) legislation; laws [K] [D] [Jisho] - 管制 [かんせい]
(n) control [K] [D] [Jisho] - 無制限 [むせいげん]
(adj-na,n) limitless [K] [D] [Jisho] - 法制局 [ほうせいきょく]
(n) Cabinet Legislation Bureau [K] [D] [Jisho] - 管制官 [かんせいかん]
(n) controller (usually air-traffic) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 管制塔 [かんせいとう]
(n) control tower [K] [D] [Jisho] - 産児制限 [さんじせいげん]
birth control [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十四時間制 [にじゅうよじかんせい]
(n) around-the-clock system [K] [D] [Jisho] - 反体制 [はんたいせい]
(n) anti-establishment [K] [D] [Jisho] - 定時制 [ていじせい]
(n) part time (school system) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 天皇制 [てんのうせい]
(n) the Emperor System [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自制 [じせい]
(n) self control; self restraint [K] [D] [Jisho] - 共和制 [きょうわせい]
(n) republicanism [K] [D] [Jisho] - 旧制 [きゅうせい]
(n) old system; old order [K] [D] [Jisho] - 内閣法制局 [ないかくほうせいきょく]
(n) Cabinet Legislation Bureau [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.