産
products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
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
24 of 785- 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)
Study
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.