制 Kanji – system
The Japanese kanji 制 can mean system, law, rule.
Meaning and Readings
How is 制 read?
制 has the onyomi reading セイ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as sei.
Common Japanese Words Using 制
These common Japanese words contain 制. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 管制（かんせい） — control (by the state), controlling, coordination
- 管制塔（かんせいとう） — control tower
- 規制（きせい） — regulation, (traffic) policing, control, restriction
- 旧制（きゅうせい） — old system, old order
- 共和制（きょうわせい） — republican form of government, republicanism
- 強制（きょうせい） — compulsion, coercion, forcing (to do), enforcement
- 強制的（きょうせいてき） — forced, compulsory
- 禁制（きんせい） — prohibition, ban, embargo
- 産児制限（さんじせいげ ん） — birth control
- 自制（じせい） — self-control, self-restraint