省

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

• 偗, 㗂, 㨘, 渻, 㮐, 𨩠, 㼳, 䚇, 㾪, 箵

• 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
• Unihan data for U+F96D

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 shěng shēng. [Pinyin]

     船 (chuán): boat. From 舟 (zhōu), and a reduced form of 鉛／铅 used as the phonetic component.

3. (colloquial, by extension) to have less strange, potentially genius but generally lousy ideas for the sake of others to save worry

   你還是省省吧。／你还是省省吧。  ―  Nǐ háishì shěng shěng ba.  ―  You'd better give it up.

4. to save, to economize

   省電／省电  ―  shěngdiàn  ―  to conserve electricity

   省錢／省钱  ―  shěngqián  ―  to save money

5. ^† 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。 [Classical Chinese, 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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1^st century, Cai Yong, 《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]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

6. ^⁜ (historical, by extension) department (of a government)

   中書省／中书省  ―  Zhōngshūshěng  ―  the Central Secretariat

   • 尚書、門下、中書、秘書、殿中、內侍為六省。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     尚书、门下、中书、秘书、殿中、内侍为六省。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE

     Shàngshū, Ménxià, Zhōngshū, Mìshū, Diànzhōng, Nèishì wéi liù shěng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   1. ministry of the Japanese government

      文部科學省／文部科学省  ―  wénbù kēxué xǐng  ―  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

7. province; (originally) Short for 行省 (xíngshěng). (Classifier: 個／个)

   福建省  ―  Fújiàn Shěng  ―  Fujian Province

8. a surname

• Historically used as a suffix for many foreign major administrative divisions (states of the US, etc.), such usage is now generally obsolete (outside of fossilized instances like 麻省 (“Massachusetts”)) and replaced with 州 (zhōu, “state”).

Others:

• → 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

• “省”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(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, 省みる, historical)}; はぶく (habuku, 省く, Jōyō); みる (miru, 省る)
• Nanori: さとし (satoshi)

省(しょう) • (shō-) 

1. saving, conservation

省(しょう) • (-shō) 

1. ministry

省(しょう) • (shō) 

1. ministry, government department, office

   法務省(ほうむしょう)

   hōmu shō

   Ministry of Justice

2. Chinese province

   広東省(カントンしょう)

   kanton shō

   Guangdong Province

From Middle Chinese 省 (MC siᴇŋX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [성]

Wikisource 省 (eumhun 살필 성 (salpil seong))

1. Hanja form^? of 성 (“to examine; to inspect”).
2. Hanja form^? of 성 (“Chinese province”).
3. Hanja form^? of 성 (“ministry; department”).

From Middle Chinese 省 (MC ʃˠiæŋX).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɛŋ] ~ [sʰe̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [생/셍]

省 (eumhun 덜 생 (deol saeng))

1. Hanja form^? of 생 (“to reduce; to omit”).
2. Hanja form^? of 생 (“saving; conservation”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

省: Hán Nôm readings: tỉnh, xển, xỉnh, xĩnh, tểnh, tễnh

省

1. one of the highest administrative divisions in Vietnam, translates to English province, opposed to a thành phố trực thuộc trung ương; itself is divided into its tỉnh lị/thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh (“provincial capital”) and huyện (“suburban district”)

   tỉnh lẻ ― provinces, as places that are not as developed as thành phố trực thuộc trung ương and therefore more humbling

   dân tỉnh lẻ ― "small town" folks

   tỉnh Vĩnh Phúc ― Vĩnh Phúc Province

   lệnh của tỉnh đưa về xã ― a decree handed down to the commune from the province

   Họ Hồ có nguồn gốc từ làng Quỳnh Đôi, xã Quỳnh Đôi, huyện Quỳnh Đôi, tỉnh Nghệ An.

   The Hồ clan hails from Quỳnh Đôi village, Quỳnh Đôi commune, Quỳnh Đôi district, Nghệ An province.

2. an administrative division that translates to English province in other countries

   tỉnh Hồ Bắc ― Hubei Province

3. an administrative division that translates to English prefecture, for example in French or Japanese territories

   tỉnh Gifu ― Gifu Prefecture

4. (metonymically) provincial capital

   lên tỉnh mua hàng ― going into town to buy goods