Kanji N1

製: made in..., manufacture

製 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning made in..., manufacture, written with 14 strokes. It is read セイ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 製造 (せいぞう, manufacture) and 製品 (せいひん, manufactured goods).

製

Meanings

  • made in...
  • manufacture
Strokes14
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#488 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 製

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 製造せいぞう

    manufacture; production

    JLPT N3
  • 製品せいひん

    manufactured goods; finished goods; product

    JLPT N3
  • 製作せいさく

    manufacture; production

    JLPT N2
  • 製鉄せいてつ

    iron manufacture

    JLPT N1
  • 製法せいほう

    manufacturing method; recipe; formula

    JLPT N1
  • 作製さくせい

    manufacture; production

    JLPT N2
  • 製せい

    make; manufacture; -made; made of ...

    JLPT N1
  • 製薬せいやく

    medicine manufacture; drug manufacture

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.