00049 Chinese character of 產 and pronounce caan2

The Chinese character【產】that we will explain today is a word that describes economy or biology. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Production or industry. Explanation: (1) The reproduction of offspring by humans or animals. Such as: “giving birth”, “laying eggs”, “producing”. (2) Related to women’s childbirth. Such as: “maternity”, “delivery room”, “midwife”, “obstetrics”, and “midwife”. (3) A general term for real estate and property. Such as: “property”, “property”, “real estate”. (4) Objects of artificial or natural origin. Such as: “local products”, “seafood”, “minerals”, “specialties”. (5) Farming and production. For example: “industry”, “output value”, “rice production”, “excellent products”.

The pronunciation of this specific Chinese character is given below.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【產】:chǎn

Cantonese Jyutping of 【產】:caan2

This provides fundamental insights into the meaning of the character 【產】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【產】, for example:Describe economic or biological , It means mainly production or industry .The elaborate meanings of Chinese characters allow for specialized applications that might not be fully expressed here.

【產】appears simple on its own, but when linked to other words, it creates nuanced phrases, like【生產、產業】(Mandarin Pinyin:shēng chǎn 、chǎn yè/ Cantonese Jyutping:saang1 caan2 、caan2 jip6)

This character consists of 11 individual strokes,It is a highly common and fundamental Chinese character that must be learned,This example sentence will help clarify the usage of this character.:


工廠正在全力提高生產效率。

The factory is working hard to improve production efficiency.


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