省 — focus, government ministry, conserve

しょう省 focus

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

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.

Meanings

focus
government ministry
conserve

word

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

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

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

しょう少 few

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