省

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省 U+7701, 省
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7701
← 眀
[U+7700] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 眂 →
[U+7702]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
9 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 省

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (省) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
省 *sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ
渻 *saːl, *sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
箵 *sleːŋʔ

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • sén - “province”;
  • sáng - “to save”.
  • Min Dong
    • Note:
    • sēng - literary (“province; to reduce”);
    • sāng - vernacular (“to save; to reduce”).
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • Zhangzhou:
      • séng - literary;
      • séⁿ - vernacular.
  • (Teochew)
  • Wu
    Rime
    Character 省
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial (聲) 生 (21)
    Final (韻) 庚 (111)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 所景切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ʃˠiæŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʃᵚiaŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ʃiaŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʂiajŋX/
    Li
    Rong         		/ʃiɐŋX/
    Wang
    Li         		/ʃĭɐŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ʂi̯ɐŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		shěng
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 省
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 11384
    Phonetic
    component         		省
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		省
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sreŋʔ/
    Notes 甲金文生省聲

    Definitions[edit]

    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 2nd century CE
      Chuán: zhōu yě. Cóng zhōu, qiān shěng shēng. [Pinyin]
      船: boat. From 舟, and a reduced form of 鉛 used as the phonetic component.
    3. to save, to economize
      省電 / 省电  ―  shěngdiàn  ―  to conserve electricity
    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 shěngzhōng. [Pinyin]
      CL
    5. (historical, by extension) department (of a government)
    6. province; (originally) Short for 行省 (xíngshěng).

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 省

    Descendants[edit]

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

    See also[edit]

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

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Rime
    Character 省
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 清 (121)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 息井切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/siᴇŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/siɛŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/siæŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/siajŋX/
    Li
    Rong         		/siɛŋX/
    Wang
    Li         		/sĭɛŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/si̯ɛŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xǐng
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 省
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		xǐng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ sjengX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*[s]eŋʔ/
    English inspect

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 省
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 11386
    Phonetic
    component         		省
    Rime
    group         		耕
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		省
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sleŋʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    省

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

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 省

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    省

    (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    1. government ministry
    2. Chinese province

    Readings[edit]

    Prefix[edit]

    省(しょう) • (shō-) 

    1. saving, conservation

    Suffix[edit]

    省(しょう) • (-shō) 

    1. ministry

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    省 • (seong, saeng) (hangeul 성, 생)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    省 (tỉnh, xển, xỉnh, xĩnh, tểnh, tễnh)

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