省
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to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #720 U+7701
How 省 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
目 (semantic, “division”) + 少 (phonetic, shǎo)
How to remember it
economize · Heisig RSH #132
目 eye + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 少
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 少 (shǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound component | shǎo | few, little; less; inadequate |
| 沙 | shā | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |
| 妙 | miào | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful |
| 炒 | chǎo | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock |
| 抄 | chāo | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize |
| 纱 | shā | gauze, muslin, yarn |
| 秒 | miǎo | a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time |
| 钞 | chāo | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit |
| 吵 | chǎo | to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb |
| 耖 | chào | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |
Words containing 省
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不省人事 | bù xǐng rén shì | to lose consciousness; unconscious; in a coma |
| 山西省 | Shān xī Shěng | Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4] (short name 晉|晋[Jin4]) |
| 麻省理工学院 | Má shěng Lǐ gōng Xué yuàn | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 海南省 | Hǎi nán Shěng | Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4] (short name 瓊|琼[Qiong2]) |
| 山东省 | Shān dōng Shěng | Shandong Province, capital Jinan 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4] (short name 魯|鲁[Lu3]) |
| 黑龙江省 | Hēi lóng jiāng Shěng | Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4] (short name 黑[Hei1]) |
| 本省人 | běn shěng rén | people of this province; (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiw… |
| 瓦尔达克省 | Wǎ ěr dá kè Shěng | Wardak (Afghan province) |
| 巴格兰省 | Bā gé lán shěng | Baghlan province of north Afghanistan |
| 东三省 | Dōng sān Shěng | the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Shen… |
| 省直管县 | shěng zhí guǎn xiàn | direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform) |
| 江西省 | Jiāng xī Shěng | Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4] (short name 灨|赣[Gan4]) |
| 发人深省 | fā rén shēn xǐng | to provide food for thought (idiom); thought-provoking |
| 河南省 | Hé nán Shěng | Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 豫[Yu4]) |
| 江南省 | Jiāng nán shěng | name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provi… |
| 内省性 | nèi xǐng xìng | introversion; introspective |
| 信德省 | Xìn dé shěng | Sindh province of Pakistan |
| 青海省 | Qīng hǎi Shěng | Qinghai Province, capital Xining 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 Shi4] (short name 青[Qing1]) |
| 河北省 | Hé běi Shěng | Hebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4] (short name 冀[Ji4]) |
| 农林水产省 | Nóng lín Shuǐ chǎn shěng | Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) |