省 — government ministry, conserve, omit

しょう省 government ministry

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U+7701 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #548 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #131 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

government ministry
conserve
omit
reflect on
save

Readings

On'yomi: しょう shou せい sei
Kun'yomi: かえり kaeri はぶ habu

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しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

省(しょう) shou ministry 労(ろう) 働(どう) 省(しょう) roudoushou Ministry of Labor 文(もん) 部(ぶ) 省(しょう) monbushou Ministry of Education 通(つう) 産(さん) 省(しょう) tsuusanshou Ministry of International Trade and Industry 交(こう) 通(つう) 省(しょう) koutsuushou Ministry of Transport 農(のう) 林(りん) 省(しょう) nourinshou Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 各(かく) 省(しょう) kakushou each ministry 省(しょう) エネ shouene energy saving

せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

反(はん) 省(せい) hansei reflection 帰(き) 省(せい) kisei homecoming 三(さん) 省(せい) sansei frequent reflection

かえり kaeri Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

省(かえり) みる kaerimiru to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.)

はぶ habu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

省(はぶ) く habuku to omit

Words by frequency and grade

34 words

Each dot is a word containing 省: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 9 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

しょう少 few

め目 eye #109

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