生産
せいさんする · seisansuru · JLPT N4 · noun
production
🏭 生産 = life/birth (生) + give birth, yield (産): bringing goods into being
Both kanji carry the sense of birth: 生 is to be born or live, 産 is to give birth or yield products. Doubled up, they mean making goods come into existence. Sound hook: seisan sounds like say-sun, as in say when the sun-ripened crop is produced.
生 — sprout 屮 above earth 土
Originally a pictograph showing a young plant sprouting from the ground, with 屮 (a sprout) above 土 (earth). The core meaning is 'to be born, to grow, to live,' which extends to 'raw, unripe, unfamiliar.' The modern form has simplified the sprout shape but preserves the image of new growth emerging from soil.