抑制 (yì zhì)

Character breakdown

• 抑 (yì) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 印 represents the sound. Originally written as 印 or 色.

• 制 (zhì) · 8 strokes

  Depicts cutting down a tree (未) with a knife (刂). Based on the original meaning "break". The meaning later shifted to "control".