懂中文 Dong Chinese

製

zhì

manufacture

Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning (manufacturing/tailoring clothes) and 制 represents the sound.

Components
制 sound component

制  Sound component

zhì

  

control

衣 meaning component

衣  Meaning component

yī, yì

  

clothes

Evolution

製 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
製 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
製 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

制 (製) 

zhì

make, manufacture; produce; to manufacture; to make

Most common words with 製
Freq.
Word
Meaning

控制

control

制度

institution

制造

to make

制作

to make

制

system