制
zhì · HSK 7
make
🏭 制 = 刂(knife) + 㡇 — cutting cloth to a pattern, the root sense of making things to spec
制 means to make or manufacture. The 刂 knife radical on the right hints at cutting material into a finished, regulated product, which is why 制 also carries senses of system and control as in 制度 (system) and 控制 (control).
制 — knife 刂 + 未 (tree branches)
Originally depicted a knife 刂 cutting branches from a tree, showing the act of trimming or shaping wood. From this concrete sense of cutting to size came the meanings 'to make,' 'to manufacture,' and by extension 'to control' or 'regulate' — shaping things to a desired form.