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 (srɛnX mjut, literally “produce + thing”). Compare modern Min Nan reading sán-bu̍t, Cantonese caan2 mat6.

Pronunciation

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