Japanese symbol for “production”
生産
せいさん
Romaji: seisan
production; manufacture
In Japanese, production is 生産, read せいさん (seisan).
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.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt production; manufacture
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “production”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作品 | さくひん sakuhin | work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production |
| 作 | さく saku | work (e.g. of art); piece; production |
| 製造 | せいぞう seizou | manufacture; production |
| 演出 | えんしゅつ enshutsu | direction (of a play, film, etc.); production |
| 提出 | ていしゅつ teishutsu | presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 生活 | せいかつ seikatsu | life; living |
| 先生 | せんせい sensei | teacher; instructor; master |
| 人生 | じんせい jinsei | (one's) life |
| 学生 | がくせい gakusei | student (esp. a university student) |
| 発生 | はっせい hassei | occurrence; incidence; outbreak |
| 誕生 | たんじょう tanjou | birth (of a person); nativity |
| 産業 | さんぎょう sangyou | industry |
| 資産 | しさん shisan | property; fortune; means |
See also: Chinese symbol for “production”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.