chǎn
verb HSK 7-9 #4,402

Meanings

  1. 1 to produce; to give birth
  2. 2 product; produce
  3. 3 property; estate

Examples

Zhèlǐ shēngchǎn shǒujī.
They produce phones here.
Tā yǒu hěnduō fángchǎn.
He owns a lot of real estate.
Zhōngguó shì cháyè de chǎndì.
China is a tea-producing region.

Tips

usage
appears in many important compounds: 生产 (to produce), 产品 (product), 财产 (property/assets), 房产 (real estate), 产生 (to generate/arise), 共产 (communism).

Components

radical
tóu
lid; head-stroke
Top lid radical (Kangxi #8) — the indexing radical, a horizontal lid over a downward dot. In simplified the lid sits above the abbreviated body. The traditional form had a more complex structure (+); the modern PRC simplification trimmed the bottom to , but the lid was preserved on top to keep the radical assignment.
ideograph
two-strokes opening (split marker)
Middle two splayed strokes — abstractly suggest opening or splitting outward, the moment of bringing forth. Pedagogically helps remember that is about giving birth, producing, generating — something emerging into the world. Same shape appears under , , .
semantic
chǎng
factory; cliff shelter
Bottom — a cliff overhang or open-front shed. In the simplified it serves as both phonetic hint (chǎng → chǎn) and semantic frame: a workshop where things are made. Also a Kangxi radical (#27) on its own and the simplified form of (factory).

Stroke Order

chǎn