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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).

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

Other Chinese words for “save”

WordPinyinMeaning
救jiùto save; to assist
拯救zhěng jiùto save; to rescue
救援jiù yuánto save; to support
挽救wǎn jiùto save; to remedy
积蓄 (積蓄)jī xùto save; to put aside; savings

Related words

Other words that share a character with 省.

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

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.

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