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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
控制 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
控制 =
ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄓˋ · kòngzhì
verb — to control; to restrain; to regulate

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to control, to rein in (指控的控)kòng扌(hand) + 空(kòng, hollow/space; phonetic) — the hand holding something within bounds; 空 gives the sound
to make; system; to set as rule (制度的制)zhì刀(knife) trimming a branch from 木(tree) — shaping by cutting; to make, to establish as law
控制,指控的控,制度的制。
關 · Related
guǎnzhìto regulate — near-synonym, often for official restrictionsshīkòngto lose control — the breakdown of