制

system, law, rule

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:8

JLPT:N3

Frequency:108

Vocabulary

セイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
管制	カンセイ	control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
規制	キセイ	regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
旧制	キュウセイ	old system; old order; pre-World War II education system; prewar education system
共和制	キョウワセイ	republican form of government; republicanism
強制	キョウセイ	compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
制	せい	system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
制する	せいする	to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle; to get the better of; to control; to command
天皇制	てんのうせい	the Emperor System
二十四時間制	にじゅうよじかんせい	around-the-clock system
節制	せっせい	moderation; self-restraint; temperance

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

profit, advantage, benefit

publish, carve, engrave

judgement, seal, signature, stamp

printing, print, brush

linen, cloth, spread, distribute

punish, penalty, sentence, punishment

relay, in turn, sending

made in..., manufacture

-proof, enduring

surplus, besides