产物

chǎnwù · HSK 7

result

👶 产 produce + 物 thing = whatever gets produced — a result or offspring

Used broadly: a product of an era, a child of circumstance, or literal offspring. The produce-thing combo covers any output of a process.

产 — 产 = 立 (stand) + 厂 (cliff/factory)
Originally written 產, depicting birth or production, with 生 (to be born/grow) as the semantic element and 彥 reduced as phonetic. The simplified form 产 keeps the top portion only. Its core meaning shifted from 'giving birth' to broader senses of 'produce, output, property.'

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