Chinese symbol for “sparing”
俭省
jiǎn shěng
Traditional: 儉省
thrifty; economical; sparing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sparing is 俭省 (jiǎn shěng), defined as: thrifty; economical; sparing.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 俭省.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 节俭 (節儉) | jié jiǎn | frugal; economical |
| 勤俭 (勤儉) | qín jiǎn | hardworking and frugal |
| 勤工俭学 (勤工儉學) | qín gōng jiǎn xué | to work part-time while studying; work-study program |
| 省吃俭用 (省吃儉用) | shěng chī jiǎn yòng | (idiom) to live frugally |
| 勤俭节约 (勤儉節約) | qín jiǎn jié yuē | (idiom) diligent and thrifty |
| 俭朴 (儉樸) | jiǎn pǔ | thrifty and simple |
| 全省 | quán shěng | the whole province |
| 省份 | shěng fèn | province |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sparing”.
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.