# 省 — Conserve

Frequency rank 430 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 介 (Jammed In), less common than 区 (District).

- On’yomi: しょう、せい
- Kun’yomi: かえり、はぶ
- Radical: 目 Eye (Kangxi 109)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Few on top looks through an eye below — with only a few glances of the eye, you conserve your energy by looking sparingly.

In words:

- 省く はぶく — to omit,to eliminate,to curtail,to economize
- 省みる かえりみる — to reflect
- 省略 しょうりゃく — omission,abbreviation,abridgment

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