制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
制作
zhìzuò
to make; to create
Characters in this word
作 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 妈妈制作蛋糕。 Māma zhìzuò dàngāo. Mom makes a cake.
- 我制作卡片。 Wǒ zhìzuò kǎpiàn. I make a card.
- 他制作视频。 Tā zhìzuò shìpín. He makes videos.