制

system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制[zhi4]

to manufacture / to make

制 = 牛 + 巾 + 刂 : James II of England (zh) and the bull (牛) have to work in a sweatshop in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) where they manufacture (制) one printed circuit board (制) after the other. Their only tools are kitchen knives (刂) with which they carve the boards. They sweat a lot, so each of them has a towel (巾) wrapped around their neck.

制 character breakdown

制
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 巾
  - 丨
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 牛
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 𠂉
    - 一
    - 丿

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).

巾

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

巾 = 丨 + 冂 : Joan of Arc has smuggled a dinosaur bone out of the encampment. To hide it, she covered it in maps and towels.

牛

niú = ni + ou2

ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome

牛 = 𠂉 + 十 : A bull has been locked to a big cross in the outhouse's kitchen, and Nefertiti has the key. She promises to free the bull if he pledges allegiance to her leadership.

Characters with 制 as component

制

製

zhì = zh + Ø4

to manufacture / to make

浙

淛

zhè = zh + e4

variant of 浙[Zhe4]

掣

chè = ch + e4

to pull / to draw / to pull back / to withdraw / to flash past

猘

zhì = zh + Ø4

mad dog

Words with 制

制

zhì

服

fú

to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4]

制

zhì

定

dìng

to draw up / to formulate

制

zhì

定

dìng

to draw up; to formulate

制

zhì