• to give birth;
  • to produce, manufacture;

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

生 (life, to be born) – semantic element;

彦 (scholar) – phonetic element, abbreviated as 产 in simplified usage.

Usage in Korean

출산 (出産) – childbirth

생산 (生産) – production

산업 (産業 / 產業) – industry

재산 (財産) – property, assets

Additional notes

産 was widely used in Korea until the 2015 Revised Standard Forms restored 產 as the standard.

Alternative forms

產 (U+7522) – traditional, standard in Korea since 2015

産 (U+7523) – simplified form, used in Japan and formerly in Korea

产 – further simplified, used in Mainland China

낳을
na'eul
san
Kangxi radical:100, + 6
Strokes:11
Unicode:U+7523
Cangjie input:
  • 卜竹竹手一 (YHHQM)
Composition:
  • ⿸ 产 生

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