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Kotomora

産

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 200Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • サン

Kun'yomi

  • う.む
  • う.まれる
  • うぶ-
  • む.す

Nanori

  • もと

Meaning

産 centers on bringing something forth: giving birth, yielding products, or producing something native to a place. The property sense is a natural extension of what is produced or born from a region.

Most common words using 産

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  • 生産せいさん
    N4

    production; manufacture

  • 産業さんぎょう
    N4

    industry

  • 遺産いさん
    N1

    inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

  • 資産しさん
    N2

    property; fortune; means; assets

  • 財産ざいさん
    N3

    property; fortune; assets

  • 不動産ふどうさん
    N1

    real estate

  • 共産党きょうさんとう

    Communist Party

  • 出産しゅっさん
    N2

    childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition

  • 量産りょうさん

    mass production

  • 土産みやげ
    N5

    local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling

  • 国産こくさん
    N1

    domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made

  • 共産きょうさん
    N1

    communism

  • 破産はさん
    N3

    bankruptcy; insolvency

  • 日産にっさん

    daily output

  • 倒産とうさん
    N2

    (corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

  • 産地さんち
    N2

    producing area; place of origin; growing district

  • 水産すいさん
    N2

    aquatic products; fisheries

  • 特産とくさん
    N1

    being produced in a particular region; local specialty

  • 産物さんぶつ
    N1

    product; produce

  • 農産物のうさんぶつ
    N2

    agricultural produce

  • 産卵さんらん

    egg-laying; spawning

  • 原産げんさん
    N2

    place of origin; habitat

  • 物産ぶっさん

    product

  • 産婦人科さんふじんか
    N1

    maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)

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Etymology

産 combines 产 (a simplified form related to life or birth) with 生 (life, birth), reinforcing the idea of giving birth or producing. The exact historical development of the 产 component is uncertain, but the overall semantic structure is clear.

Meaning mnemonic

The top 产 looks like a shelter or a standing figure, and inside is 生 (life). Picture a shelter where new life is born or products are made: 産 is about bringing something into existence.

Reading mnemonic

For サン, imagine the sun (サン) shining on a field where crops are produced: sun -> サン, and the field yields a rich harvest.