漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
情: feelings, emotion
Also: passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
忄 carries the meaning · 青 gives the sound
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 情じょうfeelings
- 感情かんじょうemotion(s)
- 愛情あいじょうlove [n.]
- 友情ゆうじょうfriendship
- 表情ひょうじょうfacial expression
- 事情じじょうcircumstances
- 情報じょうほうinformation
- 強情なごうじょうなstubborn
- 同情するどうじょうするsympathize
セイsei · on'yomi
- 風情ふぜいtaste, appearance
なさけnasake · kun'yomi · on its own
- 情けなさけsympathy, compassion
- 情けないなさけないmiserable, shameful
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)心 heart (meaning) + 青 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 情 (rev. 92737764), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Heart (⺖) + blue/pure (青). The "pure" and foundational "feeling" that comes from the "heart"—the essence of human emotion and sympathy.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
情 takes the 青 family's reading, セイ (sei).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side情 feelings · 忄
vs清 pure · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qíng
Same form: 情 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 情 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 情 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qíng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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