省

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		省

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěng (sheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sén / sáng
• Min Nan (POJ): séng
• Wu (Wiktionary): san (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: shêng³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang²
    • Yale: sáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sén / sáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen` / sang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen³ / sang³
    • IPA: /sen³¹/, /saŋ³¹/
    • Note: sén - "to save"; sáng - "province".
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng
    • Tâi-lô: síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seang
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: san (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /sã³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃˠiæŋ^X/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreŋʔ/

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

省

1. to omit; to leave out
2. to save, to economize
3. province

Compounds

• 省份 (shěngfèn)
• 省會／省会 (shěnghuì)
• 省減／省减

• 省略 (shěnglüè)
• 省略號／省略号
• 省錢／省钱

• 省長／省长 (shěngzhǎng)
• 節省／节省 (jiéshěng)

See also

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

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐng (xing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siáng
• Min Nan (POJ): séng
• Wu (Wiktionary): xin (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: hsing³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiing
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing²
    • Yale: síng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiang³
    • IPA: /ɕi̯aŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng
    • Tâi-lô: síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seang
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: xin (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕɪɲ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /siᴇŋ^X/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[s]eŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sleŋʔ/

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

省

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

Compounds

• 內省／内省 (nèishěng)
• 反省 (fǎnxǐng)
• 反省 (fǎnxǐng)

• 省問／省问
• 省察
• 省悟 (xǐngwù)

• 省視／省视
• 省親／省亲 (xǐngqīn)
• 自省 (zìxǐng)

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Japanese

Kanji

省

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: しょう (shō)
• Kan’on: せい (sei)
• Kun: かえりみる (kaerimiru), はぶく (habuku), みる (miru)

Prefix

省 ‎(hiragana しょう, romaji shō-)

1. saving, conservation

Suffix

省 ‎(hiragana しょう, romaji -shō)

1. ministry

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

省 (tỉnh, xển, xỉnh, xĩnh, tểnh, tễnh)

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