ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
産 means give birth, products
立 stand · 生 life
産Memory trick
Standing (立) under a cliff, a new life (生) is born: to give birth, products.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- products, bear, give birth, yield
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 4 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) うむ umu
うむ (umu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: うまれる umareru, むす musu
From Chinese (onyomi) サン san
サン (san) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
お土産 おみやげ · omiyage
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling
Built from
- 立 stand up
- 亠 lid
- 厂 cliff
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
- 生 life
- 丷 split apart
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厂 Used in 55 kanji
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What does 産 mean?
Right: 産 means give birth, products.Not quite: 産 means give birth, products.In お土産 (おみやげ), what kind of reading does 産 have?
Right. お土産 (おみやげ, omiyage) has a special reading: it belongs to this word, not to 産 on its own, so you learn it with the word.Not quite. お土産 (おみやげ, omiyage) has a special reading: it belongs to this word, not to 産 on its own, so you learn it with the word.