財産

ざいさん · zaisan · JLPT N3 · noun

property

財産 — property

💰🏠 財産 = 財 wealth + 産 production: wealth you have built up

財 has the 貝 shell radical, because shells were once used as money. 産 means to produce or give birth, as in 生産 (production). Together they mean the wealth and possessions you have built up: property, assets, a fortune.

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