産 (chǎn): Japanese and old variant form o…

Meanings

1 Japanese and old variant form of 产 (to give birth; to produce)

Characters

産

chǎn

to give birth; to produce

Examples

中文里生产的产写作产，産是日本写法。

Zhōngwén lǐ shēngchǎn de chǎn xiě zuò chǎn, chǎn shì Rìběn xiěfǎ.

In Chinese 'to produce' is written 产; the form 産 is used in Japanese.

Tips

history

産 is the Japanese kanji and older written form of 'to give birth / produce'. In modern standard Chinese the simplified form is 产 and the traditional form is 產. All keep the birth element 生 at the base. Chinese learners meet 産 in Japanese words and in older Chinese printing, never in modern standard Chinese.

register

Not standard Chinese; appears in Japanese text and etymology notes only. Write 产 in Chinese.

Components

phonetic

产 chǎn

to produce

The top-left element carries both the sound and, via the abbreviated 产 body, the core meaning; the Japanese form keeps a fuller stroke shape than Chinese 产.

semantic

生 shēng

to be born; life

The base element 生 (to be born, to grow) gives the meaning: bringing forth, giving birth, producing. Modern simplified 产 dropped this part.