单产
dān​chǎn

yield

单 dān single Simplified

Original meaning: hunting tool

Simplified form of 單. Pictograph of a hunting tool or weapon constructed from rocks tied to a tree branch. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 14 verified)

弹禅阐蝉惮婵郸掸觯殚箪瘅冁啴

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

禅

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

蕲

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.105中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

产 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
彦 SoundRemnant component
yàn, pán elegant
Change in sound
產
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

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

單 dān single Traditional

Original meaning: hunting tool

Pictograph of a hunting tool or weapon constructed from rocks tied to a tree branch. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 15 verified)

蟬鼉禪簞闡彈撣囅戰憚嘽嬋殫癉鄲

Iconic (2)

兽獸

Simplified (1)

兽

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

蘄

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyendar (< *[d]ar)單于 chányú: Xiōngnú ruler (W. Hàn)
tanCə.tˤar single, simple

說文解字

《說文》：“單，大也。从吅、，吅亦聲。闕。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.105中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

產 chǎn give birth Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 生 represents the meaning and 彥 represents the sound.

Components

彥
彥 SoundRemnant component
elegant
Change in sound
生
生 Meaning component
shēng, sheng life

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

隡剷

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsreanXs-ŋrarʔ bear (v.), produce

說文解字

《說文》：“產，生也。从生，彥省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)