産物

See also: 產物 and 产物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
産	物
さん Grade: 4	ぶつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
產物 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 產物 / 产物 (srɛn^X mjut, literally “produce + thing”). Compare modern Min Nan reading sán-bu̍t, Cantonese caan² mat⁶.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さんぶつ [sàńbútsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sã̠mbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

産(さん)物(ぶつ) • (sanbutsu) 

1. product
2. fruits, results
3. (euphemistic) child (as in, “product of one's time or environment”)

Derived terms

• 水産物(すいさんぶつ) (suisanbutsu)

References

• “産物”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025