産物

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) さんぶつ [sàńbútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [sã̠mbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

産物 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 產物, hiragana さんぶつ, rōmaji sanbutsu)

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

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN