编制
biānzhì · HSK 6
authorized staff/force
📋 编 weave/compile + 制 system = the compiled headcount system
编 means to weave or compile (as in 编辑 edit), and 制 means system or to make. Together, the 'compiled system' of approved positions — i.e. the official staffing roster or authorized headcount in a Chinese work unit.
编 — silk radical 纟 + flat 扁
A semantic-phonetic compound. The silk radical 纟 signals the original meaning: weaving or plaiting cords and threads. The right side 扁 (biǎn) supplies the sound. From 'to weave/plait' the meaning extended to arranging things in order, hence 'to compile, edit, or organize.'
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.