JLPT N3 · 11 strokes
Kanji 産: "products, bear, give birth"
The kanji 産 means "products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read サン in on'yomi and う.む, う.まれる, うぶ-, む.す in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
う.むう.まれるうぶ-む.す
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 161 of 2,501 |
Common words with 産
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- お土産local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling) · present brought by a visitor
- 財産property; fortune; assets
- 生産production; manufacture
- 出産childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; parturition · production (of goods)
- 産(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery · native (of)
- 産業industry · livelihood; occupation
- 遺産inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
- 土産local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling · present brought by a visitor
- 量産mass production
- 資産property; fortune; means; assets
- 産物product; produce · result; fruit
- 手土産present (brought by a visitor); gift
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