Chinese symbol for “saving”
节省
jié shěng
Traditional: 節省
saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
The closest CC-CEDICT match for saving is 节省 (jié shěng), defined as: saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 节省.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 细节 (細節) | xì jié | details; particulars |
| 情节 (情節) | qíng jié | circumstances; plot; storyline |
| 环节 (環節) | huán jié | (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy) |
| 节日 (節日) | jié rì | holiday; festival |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 全省 | quán shěng | the whole province |
| 省份 | shěng fèn | province |
See also: Japanese symbol for “saving”.
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.