# 制 — Control

Frequency rank 223 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 治 (Cure), less common than 悪 (Bad).

- On’yomi: せい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 刀 Knife (Kangxi 18)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The towel goes over the cow's eyes and the broad blade lies flat along one horn, so a twitch of the fishmonger's wrist turns half a ton of blind steaming meat wherever he wants it.

In words:

- 制 せい — system;organization;imperial command;laws;regulation;control;government;suppression;restraint;holdin
- 制する せいする — to control;to command;to get the better of
- 制度 せいど — system,institution,organization

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