省

省
shěng = sh + (e)ng3
to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department
省 = 少 + 目 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a new office in the engine ((e)ng3), and to celebrate it he distributed saving (省) vouchers with little smileys (少) on them. Shortly afterwards the eye of providence (目) visits his office, all of the vouchers in his hands to save (省) on the bill, demanding Sherlock's services.
省
xǐng = xi + (e)ng3
to inspect / to examine / to be aware / to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)

省 character breakdown

少
shǎo = sh + ao3
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face.

There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.
少
shào = sh + ao4
young
目
mù = mu + Ø4
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
目 = 囗 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

Characters with 省 as component

省 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 省

江
江
苏
蘇
省
省
Jiangsu Province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏[Su1], capital Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]
楠
楠
格
格
哈
哈
尔
爾
省
省
Nangarhar province of Afghanistan
归
歸
省
省
to go home for a visit / to return to one's parents' home to pay respects
江
南
省
name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing
江
西
省
Jiangxi Province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 贛|赣[Gan4], capital Nanchang 南昌[Nan2 chang1]
河
北
省
Hebei Province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀[Ji4], capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
河
南
省
Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫[Yu4], capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]
浙
江
省
Zhejiang Province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙[Zhe4], capital Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]
海
南
省
Hainan Province, in South China Sea, abbr. 瓊|琼[Qiong2], capital Haikou 海口[Hai3 kou3]
归
歸
省
省
to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects
东
東
三
三
省
省
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3], Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]

Sentences with 省

省 currently does not appear in any sentence.