厚生省

Traditional form:

厚生省

Pinyin (reading):

Hòushēngshěng

Definitions:

• Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省／厚生劳动省 ( Hòushēng Láodòngshěng))

Characters:

• 厚 - generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 省 - province; frugal; to save, to leave out

Traditional characters:

• 厚 - generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 省 - province; frugal; to save, to leave out