产

產
chǎn
verb HSK 5 #4,402

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 3
Tā yǒu hěnduō fángchǎn.
He owns a lot of real estate.
HSK 4
Zhèlǐ shēngchǎn shǒujī.
They produce phones here.
HSK 4
Zhōngguó shì cháyè de chǎndì.
China is a tea-producing region.

Tips

usage
产 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
亠 tóu
lid; head-stroke
Top lid radical (Kangxi #8) - the indexing radical, a horizontal lid over a downward dot. In simplified 产 the lid sits above the abbreviated body. The traditional form 產 had a more complex structure (彦+生); the modern PRC simplification trimmed the bottom to 厂, but the lid was preserved on top to keep the radical assignment.
ideograph
丷 bā
two-strokes opening (split marker)
Middle two splayed strokes - abstractly suggest opening or splitting outward, the moment of bringing forth. Pedagogically helps remember that 产 is about giving birth, producing, generating - something emerging into the world. Same shape appears under 关, 半, 兰.
semantic
厂 chǎng
factory; cliff shelter
Bottom 厂 - a cliff overhang or open-front shed. In the simplified 产 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 廠 (factory).

Stroke Order

产 chǎn