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Take these words for example:

> 木{もく}造{ぞう}: made of wood; wooden
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> 金{きん}製{せい}: made of gold

I have been under the impression that `-製` is used for where an item has been
manufactured (i.e. Made in Japan; Made in America), or the manufacturing of a
certain product (i.e. iron manufacturing, etc.). I also thought that `-造` was
for what material something is made out of. Flipping through my dictionary it
seems `-製` is more common than `-造` for referring to the material used (e.g.
`鋼製: made of steel`).

Is there a rule about which materials use `-造` and which use `-製`? Is it just
something one has to learn?
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What are the rules for saying "made of [blank]"
When describing materials, the difference between -造 and -製 does not come from
the difference of materials.

-造 is usually used when describing the primary material of a building or a nonbuilding structure. Examples are 木造 (made of wood), 鉄骨造 (made of steel (or iron)), and 鉄筋コンクリート造 (made of reinforced concrete).

For everything else, I think that we use -製. For example, “wooden flute” is
木製のフルート and not 木造のフルート.
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