省

省 (radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火竹月山 (FHBU), four-corner 9060₂, composition ⿱少目)

• KangXi: page 802, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23179
• Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2473, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7701

省

1. to omit; to leave out
2. to reduce, to simplify

   船：舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   船：舟也。从舟，铅省声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

   Chuán: zhōu yě. Cóng zhōu, qiān xǐng shēng. [Pinyin]

   船: boat. From 舟, and a reduced form of 鉛 used as the phonetic component.

3. to save, to economize
4. (historical) palace

   禁中者，門戶有禁，非侍禦者不得入，故曰禁中。孝元皇后父大司馬陽平侯名禁，當時避之，故曰省中。 [MSC, trad.]
   禁中者，门户有禁，非侍御者不得入，故曰禁中。孝元皇后父大司马阳平侯名禁，当时避之，故曰省中。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 漢蔡邕《獨斷》

   Jìnzhōng zhě, ménhù yǒu jìn, fēi shìyù zhě bùdé rù, gù yuē jìnzhōng. Xiàoyuán Huánghòu fù dàsīmǎ Yángpíng Hóu míng Jìn, dāngshí bì zhī, gù yuē xǐngzhōng. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this example)

5. (historical, by extension) department (of a government)
6. province; (originally) Short for 行省 (xíngshěng).

• → Bouyei: senj
• → Lü: ᦵᦌᦲᧃ (soen)
• → Zhuang: sengj

• 縣／县 (xiàn, “Japanese prefecture”)
• 州 (zhōu, “state”)

省

1. to examine; to inspect
2. to greet; to visit
3. to understand; to comprehend

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. government ministry
2. Chinese province

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: かえりみる (kaerimiru, 省みる, Jōyō)^{←かへりみる (kaferimiru, historical)}; はぶく (habuku, 省く, Jōyō); みる (miru, 省る)
• Nanori: さとし (satoshi)

省 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji shō-)

1. saving, conservation

省 (hiragana しょう, rōmaji -shō)

1. ministry

省 • (seong, saeng) (hangeul 성, 생, McCune–Reischauer sŏng, saeng, Yale seng, sayng)

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省 (tỉnh)

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