制

zhì

to manufacture

to make

cloth (巾) + knife (刂) = cut and manufacture

The knife radical (刂) carries the meaning — cutting and shaping material into a made thing. 巾 mainly contributes the sound zhì rather than adding a cloth-related meaning here.

巾+刂→制
刂Knife (variant of 刀)Semantic
巾ClothPhonetic

这家工厂制造了很多汽车零件。

zhè jiā gōng chǎng zhì zào le hěn duō qì chē líng jiàn。

This factory manufactured many car parts.

他们用木头制作了一张桌子。

tā men yòng mù tou zhì zuò le yī zhāng zhuō zi。

They made a table out of wood.

Words with 制

AA制

aa zhì

to split the bill; to go Dutch

AB制

a b zhì

to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum)

扼制

è zhì

to control

井田制

jǐng tián zhì

well-field system

抑制剂

yì zhì jì

suppressant

制品

zhì pǐn

products

订制

dìng zhì

custom-made; made-to-order

制高点

zhì gāo diǎn

(military) high ground

责任制

zé rèn zhì

system of job responsibility

官制

guān zhì

the civil service system

制度

zhì dù

system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)

两院制

liǎng yuàn zhì

bicameralism

More characters with 巾

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