U+5236 "制" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
制
U+5236 "制" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries the core meanings of "control," "system," "manufacture," or "regulation," depending on its context. It is composed of the radical for "knife" or "sword" combined with other elements, suggesting the act of cutting or shaping something into a structured form. In modern usage, it appears in common words such as 制度 (system or institution), 制造 (to manufacture or produce), and 控制 (to control or dominate), making it a fundamental component in both technical and everyday vocabulary across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. The character’s versatility underscores its importance in expressing concepts of order, creation, and limitation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5236 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 制 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 制 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x88 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5236 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005236 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5236 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A8EE |
| kCCCII | 213364 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4C31 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4C31 |
| kCangjie | HBLN |
| kCantonese | zai3 |
| kCihaiT | 181.604 |
| kCowles | 117 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0315.100 |
| kDefinition | system; establish; overpower |
| kEACC | 27576C |
| kFanqie | 征例 |
| kFenn | 221D |
| kFennIndex | 70.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2220.0 |
| kGB0 | 5438 |
| kGB1 | 5438 |
| kGSR | 0335a |
| kHangul | 제:0E |
| kHanYu | 10335.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhì(1850) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10335.010:zhì |
| kHKGlyph | 0346 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0315.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10335.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0139.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5646 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A8EE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4029 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EBE9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7024 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4C31 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D23 |
| kJapanese | セイ おさえる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1121 |
| kJapaneseKun | OSAERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SEI |
| kJis0 | 3209 |
| kKangXi | 0139.020 |
| kKorean | CEY |
| kLau | 1316 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0455 |
| kMandarin | zhì |
| kMatthews | 986 |
| kMeyerWempe | 129 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007510 |
| kMorohashi | 01961 |
| kNelson | 0683 |
| kPhonetic | 53 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2637+18.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 18.6 |
| kSBGY | 377.20 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "制" U+5236 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 59.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhì粵zai3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0455 |
| kTang | jiɛ̀i |
| kTGHZ2013 | 478.070,478.080:zhì |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "制" U+5236 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "製" U+88FD CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | chế |
| kXerox | 243:127 |
| kXHC1983 | 1492.120:zhì |