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Chinese symbol for “provincial”

省立
shěng lì
(of an institution) provincial; run by a provincial government

The closest CC-CEDICT match for provincial is 省立 (shěng lì), defined as: (of an institution) provincial; run by a provincial government.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

省 shěng
province; frugal; to save, to leave out
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
立 lì
to stand; to establish, to set up
radical 117 ⽴ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 省立.

WordPinyinMeaning
全省quán shěngthe whole province
省份shěng fènprovince
省级 (省級)shěng jí(administrative) province-level
节省 (節省)jié shěngsaving; to save
省委shěng wěiprovincial Party committee
省长 (省長)shěng zhǎnggovernor of a province
建立jiàn lìto establish; to set up
成立chéng lìto establish; to set up

See also: Japanese symbol for “provincial”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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