産物

See also: 產物 and 产物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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

  • (Tokyo) んぶつ [sàńbútsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠mbɯ̟t͡sɨ]

Noun

(さん)(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. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN