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Chinese symbol for “provenance”

原产地
yuán chǎn dì
Traditional: 原產地
original source; place of origin; provenance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for provenance is 原产地 (yuán chǎn dì), defined as: original source; place of origin; provenance.

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

原 yuán
source, origin, beginning
radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes
产 chǎn
to give birth, to bring forth, to produce
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
地 dì
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a v
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 原产地.

WordPinyinMeaning
原因yuán yīncause; origin
原来 (原來)yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
原则 (原則)yuán zéprinciple; doctrine
原本yuán běnoriginally; the original; original copy; original version
原始yuán shǐfirst; original
原理yuán lǐprinciple; theory
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产品 (產品)chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise
地区 (地區)dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)

See also: Japanese symbol for “provenance”.

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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