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Kanji Detail for 省 - "ministry, to save"

省

  • Meaning

    省 means "ministry, to save." Also associated with to examine.

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

    2. Save - To reduce; to economize.

    3. Ministry - A government department.

  • Words using 省

    • 外務省 がいむしょう Listen Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    • 大蔵省 おおくらしょう Listen Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
    • 同省 どうしょう Listen the said ministry; the same ministry
    • 通産省 つうさんしょう Listen Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001); MITI
    • 省庁 しょうちょう Listen ministries and government offices; the authorities
    • 文部省 もんぶしょう Listen Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
    • 運輸省 うんゆしょう Listen Ministry of Transport
    • 反省 はんせい Listen reflection; reconsideration; introspection

  • Four-character idioms with 省

    • 人事不省 じんじふせい Listen unconsciousness

  • Tattoo check: 省

    • Verified meaning: ministry, to save
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, かつすけ, かつなみ, かつひら)
    • Also carries these associations: to examine

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 省

    Given names 省(あきら)Listen 省(さとし)Listen 省(さとる)Listen 省(しょう)Listen 省(せい)Listen

    Surnames 省(かつすけ)Listen 省(かつなみ)Listen 省(かつひら)Listen 省(かつべ)Listen 省(かつみね)Listen 省(しょうすけ)Listen 省(しょうへい)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sei(セイ) セイ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    habu.ku(はぶ-く) はぶ-く

    kaeri.miru(かえり-みる) かえり-みる

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    目 罒 (me・mehen)

  • Related Keywords

    examine save ministry government office self-reflection abbreviation administration conserve department economize omission reduce reflect inspect frugality

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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