zhì

to manufacture

to make

cloth (巾) + knife (刂) = cut and manufacture

The knife radical (刂) carries the meaning — cutting and shaping material into a made thing. 巾 mainly contributes the sound zhì rather than adding a cloth-related meaning here.

+
Knife (variant of 刀)Semantic
ClothPhonetic

这家工厂造了很多汽车零件。

zhè jiā gōng chǎng zhì zào le hěn duō qì chē líng jiàn。

This factory manufactured many car parts.

他们用木头作了一张桌子。

tā men yòng mù tou zhì zuò le yī zhāng zhuō zi。

They made a table out of wood.

Words with 制

AA制

aa zhì

to split the bill; to go Dutch

AB制

a b zhì

to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum)

制模

zhì mú

mold making

JK制服

j k zhì fú

(Japanese) high school girl’s uniform

连坐制

lián zuò zhì

guilt by association

遏制

è zhì

to check

逻辑链路控制

luó ji liàn lù kòng zhì

logical link control

配制

pèi zhì

to compound (medicines etc)

酿制

niàng zhì

to brew (beer, soy sauce etc); to make (wine, vinegar etc); to distill (spirits)

重制

chóng zhì

to make a copy

量身定制

liáng shēn dìng zhì

tailor-made

金汇兑本位制

jīn huì duì běn wèi zhì

gold exchange standard (economics)

More characters with 巾