产 (chǎn): to give birth, to reproduce, to produce

产 (chǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to give birth.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural), 丷 (structural) and 厂 (phonetic). It ranks #159 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 产 is a compound character. Its radical form 亠 (lid) appears in many related characters such as 京 (jīng, capital city of a country), 交 (jiāo, to hand over), 亮 (liàng, bright).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to give birth
  2. to reproduce
  3. to produce

Etymology & Origin

产

pictophoneticThis character is a compound form.

Decomposition: ⿳亠丷厂 (layout: top-middle-bottom)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 产

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
产生verbchǎn shēngto arise4
财产nouncái chǎnproperty6
产品nounchǎn pǐngoods5
破产verbpò chǎnto go bankrupt6
生产verbshēng chǎnto produce5
遗产nounyí chǎnheritage6
资产nounzī chǎnproperty6
产业nounchǎn yèindustry5
产量nounchǎn liàngoutput5
特产nountè chǎnspecial local product5
产出verbchǎn chūto produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc)6
农产品nounnóng chǎn pǐnagricultural produce6
产地nounchǎn dìsource (of a product)6
国产adjectiveguó chǎndomestically produced6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
房地产fáng dì chǎnreal estate
房产nounfáng chǎnreal estate
地产noundì chǎnreal estate
流产verbliú chǎnto have a miscarriage
共产党noungòng chǎn dǎngCommunist Party
共产主义noungòng chǎn zhǔ yìcommunism
产物nounchǎn wùproduct
中产阶级nounzhōng chǎn jiē jímiddle class
不动产bù dòng chǎnreal estate
剖腹产verbpōu fù chǎncesarean birth
预产期nounyù chǎn qīexpected date of childbirth
产权nounchǎn quánproperty right
妇产科nounfù chǎn kēdepartment of gynecology and obstetrics
出产verbchū chǎnto produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc)
生产线shēng chǎn xiànassembly line
112
Total compounds
31
As first character
62
As last character
7
As middle character

产 appears in 112 compound words: 31 as the first character, 62 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 产 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

生shēng
0.610254,228 co-occurrences
党dǎng
0.58560,464 co-occurrences
财cái
0.55820,116 co-occurrences
共gòng
0.52980,434 co-occurrences
品pǐn
0.50980,094 co-occurrences
业yè
0.48765,547 co-occurrences
遗yí
0.47823,923 co-occurrences
矿kuàng
0.4747,024 co-occurrences
农nóng
0.45511,724 co-occurrences
阶jiē
0.45312,082 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (12)

产经新闻chǎn jīng xīn wénHSK 4+

Business News; Sankei Shimbun (Tokyo daily)

phrase
产前检查chǎn qián jiǎn cháHSK 4+

prenatal checkup; antenatal examination

phrase
共产国际Gòngchǎn GuójìHSK 4+

Communist International; Comintern

共产主义gòngchǎn zhǔyìHSK 5+

communism

noun
固定资产gùdìng zīchǎnHSK 5+

fixed asset

noun
倾家荡产qīngjiādàngchǎnHSK 7+

to exhaust all of a family's financial resources; to break the bank; to bring a family to ruin

phrase
拳头产品quántou chǎnpǐnHSK 7+

core product (of a company)

noun
水产养殖shuǐchǎn yǎngzhíHSK 6+

aquaculture

noun
无产阶级wúchǎn jiējíHSK 5+

proletariat

noun
衍生产品yǎnshēng chǎnpǐnHSK 7+

derivative

noun
中产阶级zhōngchǎn jiējíHSK 5+

middle class; bourgeoisie

noun
资产阶级zīchǎn jiējíHSK 5+

capitalist class; bourgeoisie

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

了解产字的来源,有助于理解中国文化。

le xiè chǎn zì de lái yuán , yǒu zhù yú lǐ xiè zhōng guó wén huā .

Understanding the origin of the character "产" helps to comprehend Chinese culture.

鉅亨網 - 財經新聞、全球指數、股市報價、商品行情、理財投資Feb 2026

扩产也来不及!全球记忆体荒将成AI竞争关键瓶...

kuò chǎn yě lái bù jí ! quán qiú jì yì tǐ huāng jiāng chéng A I jìng zhēng guān jiàn píng . . .

It's too late to expand production! The global memory shortage will become a key bottle in AI competition...

Fx168 Finance NetworkFeb 2026

中国资产折价40-50%也无法套现?全球10大私...

zhōng guó zī chǎn zhé jià 4 0 5 0 yě wú fǎ tào xiàn ? quán qiú 1 0 dà sī . . .

China's assets are discounted by 40-50% and cannot be cashed out? The world's top 10 private...

百度新闻Feb 2026

跨越八百里守护 湘雅医院助超早产三胞胎平安回家团圆

kuà yuè bā bǎi lǐ shǒu hù 湘 yǎ yī yuàn zhù chāo zǎo chǎn sān bāo tāi píng ān huí jiā tuán yuán

Spanning 800 miles to protect Xiangya Hospital to help the ultra-premature triplets return home safely and reunite

百度新闻Feb 2026

2026祛斑产品什么好?十大祛斑产品排名深扒:祛斑..

2 0 2 6 祛 bān chǎn pǐn shén má hǎo ? shí dà 祛 bān chǎn pǐn pái míng shēn bā : 祛 bān . .

What are the best freckle removal products in 2026? Top 10 freckle removal product rankings: freckle removal:

百度新闻Feb 2026

南通通州:新年“开机”赶订单 新产能冲刺新目标

nán tōng tōng zhōu : xīn nián kāi jī gǎn dìng dān xīn chǎn néng chōng cì xīn mù biāo

Nantong Tongzhou: New Year's "start-up" to catch up with orders New production capacity sprint to new goals

Tatoeba

全世界无产者,联合起来!

Quánshìjiè wúchǎnzhě, liánhé qǐlai!

Workers of the world, unite!

Tatoeba

由于产量过剩,卷心菜的价格下降了。

Yóuyú chǎnliàng guòshèng, juǎnxīncài de jiàgé xiàjiàng le.

The price of cabbage fell because of overproduction.

Tatoeba

人类是环境的产物。

Rénlèi shì huánjìng de chǎnwù.

Man is a creature of circumstances.

Tatoeba

他将会继承大笔的遗产。

Tā jiāng huì jìchéng dà bǐ de yíchǎn.

He will come into a large fortune.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced chǎn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 产 (chǎn) mean in Chinese?
产 (chǎn) primarily means "to give birth." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #159 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 产 and 接?
产 (chǎn) and 接 (jiē) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 产 (give) vs 接 (receive).
How many strokes does 产 have?
产 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 产?
The radical associated with 产 is 亠 (lid). This radical appears in many characters related to lid.
What are the components of 产?
产 is composed of: 亠 (structural), 丷 (structural), 厂 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿳亠丷厂 with a top-middle-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 产?
Common words with 产 include: 产生 (chǎn shēng, "to arise"); 财产 (cái chǎn, "property"); 产品 (chǎn pǐn, "goods"); 破产 (pò chǎn, "to go bankrupt"); 生产 (shēng chǎn, "to produce"). There are over 112 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 产 (chǎn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation chǎn: 缠 (to wind around), 颤 (to tremble), 禅 (dhyana (Sanskrit)), 阐 (to explain), and 4 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 产 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 产 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.