製
製 — Made in...
made in..., manufacture
On’yomiセイ (sei)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 製
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 製造 | せいぞう seizou | manufacture; production |
| 製品 | せいひん seihin | manufactured goods; finished goods; product |
| 製作 | せいさく seisaku | manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.) |
| 製薬 | せいやく seiyaku | medicine manufacture; drug manufacture |
| 製鋼 | せいこう seikou | steel manufacture |
| 精製 | せいせい seisei | refining; purification; careful manufacture |
Study notes
製 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #488 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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