省 (shěng, xǐng) — Chinese Character

省

shěng, xǐng

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

Radical: 目 HSK 2 n, v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

省 decomposes into the following components:

少目

Semantic component: 目; phonetic component: 少.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 省.

俭省

jiǎn shěng

全省

quán shěng

内省

nèi xǐng

反省

fǎn xǐng

外省

wài shěng

归省

guī xǐng

猛省

měng xǐng

省事

xǐng shì

省事

shěng shì

省亲

xǐng qīn

省份

shěng fèn

省会

shěng huì

Characters that share the radical 目.

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