TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
製
ㄓˋ · zhì
verb — to make, manufacture; to tailor
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Cloth (衣) cut and worked to a finished shape — to make, to tailor. 制 sits on top: it carries the sound, exact, and its own knife-and-shape sense of trimming things to measure. From the cut cloth come 製造 and 製作; a tailored garment is 製衣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊布（衣）攤開，照樣裁下、縫起——一件成品就這樣做出來了。
A length of cloth (衣) laid out, cut to pattern and sewn up — and a finished piece is made.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)裁衣、製作— to tailor; to make常用
→製造、製品— to manufacture; a product
⇒製度、編製— to formulate; establishment
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension