体制
たいせい · taisei · JLPT N2 · noun
system
🧱 体 (form) + 制 (system) = the form of a system: order and structure
体 means body or form, and 制 means system or control. Together they name a system's overall form: its order and structure.
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.