省

音読おんよみ: ショウ・セイ

訓読くんよみ: はぶ・かえりみる

画数かくすう: 9

部首ぶしゅ: め(目)

Meaning

Omit / Reflect / Ministry

Conjugation
Tap for 省く (omit) Tap for 省みる (reflect)
  • 省略しょうりゃく — omission / abbreviation
  • 反省はんせい — reflection / remorse
  • はぶく — to omit / to cut down
  • かえりみる — to reflect (on oneself)
  • 省庁しょうちょう — government ministries and agencies
  • 文科省もんかしょう — Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (abbr.)
  • 内省ないせい — introspection
  • しょうエネ — energy saving

“eye” + the idea of trimming down → “look closely and leave out what’s unnecessary,” hence both omit and reflect. By extension, it appears in names of government ministries.

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