産
産 — Products
products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native
On’yomiサン (san)
Kun’yomiうむ (umu)
Kun’yomiうまれる (umareru)
Kun’yomiうぶ- (ubu)
Kun’yomiむす (musu)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 産
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共産党 | きょうさんとう kyousantou | Communist Party |
| 産業 | さんぎょう sangyou | industry; livelihood; occupation |
| 生産 | せいさん seisan | production; manufacture |
| 資産 | しさん shisan | property; fortune; means |
| 不動産 | ふどうさん fudousan | real estate |
| 通産省 | つうさんしょう tsuusanshou | Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001); MITI |
Study notes
産 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #161 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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