system, law, rule
制 centers on imposing structure or control: a system, a law, or a rule that shapes behavior.
制 originally depicted cutting or trimming cloth with a knife, which extended to the idea of regulating or setting rules. The modern form retains the knife 刂 on the right, while the left side is a simplified representation of the original cloth-related component.
The right side 刂 is a knife, and the left side looks like a piece of cloth being cut. Imagine using a knife to cut cloth into a precise pattern, creating a system or rule for how things must be done.
For セイ, picture a ruler saying 'say' (セイ) the law: the ruler's command 'say' cues セイ while the knife enforces the rule.
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system; institution; organization; organisation
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
work (film, book)
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
control (of a machine, device, etc.)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
uniform
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition; check; curb
regulation; control
conquest; domination; supremacy; mastery
enactment; establishment; creation
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
head start; initiative; preemption
sanctions; punishment
legislation; laws
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle
control (by the state); controlling; coordination
tax system
despotism; autocracy
control; check; restraint; inhibition
prohibition; ban; embargo
self-control; self-restraint
control tower
(pitcher's) control
old system; old order
around-the-clock system
the full-day (school system)
republican form of government; republicanism
Cabinet Legislation Bureau
anti-establishment
the Emperor System
part time (school system)
forced; compulsory
new system; new order
Cabinet Legislation Bureau
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
birth control
(air traffic) controller