Control

On’yomi: せい
Kun’yomi: —
Radical: 刀 Knife (Kangxi 18)

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

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

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;holdinN1

制するせいする to control;to command;to get the better ofN1

制度せいど system,institution,organizationN3

制 is rank 223 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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