産

音読おんよみ: サン

訓読くんよみ:・うぶ

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: 生(うまれる)

Meaning

Give Birth / Produce / Yield / Industry

  • Basic forms
  • 産む — to give birth; to produce / base form
  • 産みます — give birth; produce / masu form
  • 産んだ — gave birth; produced / ta form
  • 産んで — giving birth; producing and … / te-form
  • 産まない — do not give birth / negative form
  • 産めば — if (someone) gives birth / conditional
  • 産め・産みなさい — give birth! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 子どもを産みたい — want to have a child / 〜たい form
  • 利益を産める — can produce profits / potential
  • 名作を産んだ — produced a masterpiece
  • More
  • 産もう — let’s give birth; let’s produce / 〜よう form
  • 産まなかった — did not give birth / past negative
  • 産んでいる — is giving birth; is producing / progressive

産む(うむ) is a godan verb ending in . Stem shifts as む → み → ん, as in 産む・産みます・産んで・産んだ. Used literally for childbirth and figuratively for producing results, ideas, or value.

  • 出産しゅっさん — childbirth
  • 産業さんぎょう — industry
  • 財産ざいさん — assets / property
  • 生産せいさん — production
  • 倒産とうさん — bankruptcy
  • む — to give birth

This kanji combines the radical (life, birth) with a phonetic element suggesting production. It refers not only to childbirth, but also to creating or generating — such as goods, ideas, or wealth. Common in industrial and economic contexts as well as in family life and nature.

彼女かのじょ元気げんき赤ちゃんあかちゃんみました。
She gave birth to a healthy baby.

日本にほん自動車じどうしゃ産業さんぎょうさかんです。
Japan has a thriving automobile industry.

この工場こうじょうおおくの製品せいひん生産せいさんしています。
This factory produces many products.

業
Creates
産業さんぎょう — industry
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