资产
zīchǎn · HSK 5
belongings
💰 资产 = 资 (funds) + 产 (produce) — funds-that-produce = assets
资 means capital or funds; 产 means to produce or property. Together they name the productive holdings a person or company owns. English cognate hook: 'assets' are funds (资) that yield output (产).
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.'