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Kanji Detail for 省 - "examine, reflect, save"

省

  • Meaning

    省 means "examine, reflect, save."

    1. Examine - To look at carefully; to reflect.

    2. Save - To reduce; to economize.

    3. Ministry - A government department.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    government ministry; conserve; omit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    province; save, economize

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    province; frugal; to save, to leave out

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To inspect. The Son of Heaven's tours are called 省方. Seen in (Book of Changes). Also, self-examination. Such as 內省不疚 (examining inward without guilt), 省身寡過 (examining oneself to reduce faults) and such. | To visit. Children serving parents, settling them at night and checking on them in the morning. Seen in (Record of Rites). | To realize. Such as saying 發人深省 (provoking deep reflection) and such. | To economize. Such as saying 省儉 (frugal). Reducing is also called 省. Such as not doing much is called 省事 (save trouble). | The palace is called 省. After Jin, the offices of the Secretariat and Central Secretariat were all in the palace. Hence it became the name for government offices. In Yuan, branch secretariats were established in various regions, called 行省. Ming and Qing thus used 省 as the name for regional territories. Today follows this.
  • Onyomitip

    sei(せい) せい

    sho(しょ) しょ

  • Kunyomitip

    habu.ku(はぶく) はぶく

    kaeri.miru(かえりみる) かえりみる

  • Strokestip

    9 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    目 罒 (me・mehen)

  • Related Keywords
    examine reflect introspect save reduce economize ministry department province omit abbreviate simplify visit call check inspect review consider careful prudent

Sentences including 省

  • She reflected on what she had done.

  • You should leave out these two lines.

  • He is planning to go home on leave.

  • You should leave out these two lines.

  • He is home on leave.

  • Leave out this word.

  • Leave out anything that is useless.

  • Oh , you're going home tonight !

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