The kanji 制: meaning, readings and stroke order

制

Meaning: system, control
On reading: セイ sei
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chế độ, kiềm chế (chế)
Japanese: きまり。おさえる。
Korean: 제도, 억누르다 (제)
Chinese: 制度、控制

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading

制せい服ふく
uniform
毎日学校の 制せい服ふくを着ます。
I wear my school uniform every day.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.