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Chinese symbol for “arise”

产生
chǎn shēng
Traditional: 產生
to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for arise is 产生 (chǎn shēng), defined as: to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

产 chǎn
to give birth, to bring forth, to produce
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “arise”

WordPinyinMeaning
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur
雄起xióng qǐ(cry of encouragement); to arise

Related words

Other words that share a character with 产生.

WordPinyinMeaning
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产品 (產品)chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise
产业 (產業)chǎn yèindustry; estate
财产 (財產)cái chǎnproperty; assets
资产 (資產)zī chǎnproperty; assets
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “arise”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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