Chinese symbol for “save”
省
shěng
to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital
The closest CC-CEDICT match for save is 省 (shěng), defined as: to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “save”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 救 | jiù | to save; to assist |
| 拯救 | zhěng jiù | to save; to rescue |
| 救援 | jiù yuán | to save; to support |
| 挽救 | wǎn jiù | to save; to remedy |
| 积蓄 (積蓄) | jī xù | to save; to put aside; savings |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 省.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全省 | quán shěng | the whole province |
| 省份 | shěng fèn | province |
| 省级 (省級) | shěng jí | (administrative) province-level |
| 节省 (節省) | jié shěng | saving; to save |
| 省委 | shěng wěi | provincial Party committee |
| 省长 (省長) | shěng zhǎng | governor of a province |
See also: Japanese symbol for “save”.
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.