産 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chǎn HSK7

give birth

Variant of 產.

Components

彦 Sound Remnant component

yàn, pán elegant

生 Meaning component

shēng, sheng life

birth

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

鏟滻

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sŋreːnʔ

說文解字

生也。从生，彥省聲。

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

chǎn give birth Simplified

Simplified form of 產. Phonosemantic compound. 生 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound. The traditional component 生 was removed for simplification.

Components

彦 Sound Remnant component

yàn, pán elegant

Change in sound

产 and 彦 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
产 *s-ŋrarʔ
彦 ŋrans

生 Deleted component

shēng, sheng life

The traditional component 生 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

铲浐

Historical Pronunciations

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Readings & variants: Unicode

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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产 chǎn give birth Simplified

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chǎn give birth Simplified