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情

feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジョウ
  • セイ

Kun'yomi

  • なさ.け

Meaning

情 centers on the inner state of a person: feelings, emotions, and passion. It also extends to the external circumstances or facts that affect those feelings, as in the situation one is in.

Most common words using 情

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  • 情報じょうほう
    N3

    information; news; report; intelligence

  • 感情かんじょう
    N3

    emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

  • 事情じじょう
    N3

    circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

  • 表情ひょうじょう
    N3

    facial expression; countenance

  • 愛情あいじょう
    N3

    love; affection

  • 情熱じょうねつ
    N1

    passion; enthusiasm; zeal

  • 友情ゆうじょう
    N3

    friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

  • 同情どうじょう
    N1

    sympathy; compassion; pity

  • 情じょう
    N1

    feelings; emotion; sentiment

  • 情勢じょうせい
    N1

    state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

  • 苦情くじょう
    N3

    complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

  • 情けないなさけない
    N2

    miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

  • 心情しんじょう
    N1

    sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

  • 情緒じょうちょ
    N2

    emotion; feeling

  • 純情じゅんじょう
    N2

    pure heart; naivete; innocence

  • 実情じつじょう
    N1

    real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs

  • 情報処理じょうほうしょり

    data processing; information processing

  • 人情にんじょう
    N1

    humanity; empathy; kindness; sympathy

  • 情けなさけ
    N1

    pity; sympathy; compassion; mercy

  • 風情ふぜい

    taste; elegance; charm

  • 情景じょうけい

    spectacle; sight; scene

  • 激情げきじょう

    violent emotion; passion; fury

  • 陳情ちんじょう

    petition; appeal

  • 内情ないじょう

    internal conditions; true state of affairs

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Etymology

情 combines 忄 (heart/mind) with 青, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of pure or clear essence, together suggesting the pure feelings of the heart.

Meaning mnemonic

The heart radical 忄 beside 青 (blue/pure) suggests pure, unclouded feelings. Imagine a clear blue sky reflecting your true emotions.

Reading mnemonic

For ジョウ, picture a person named Joe who wears his heart on his sleeve: Joe -> ジョウ, and his feelings are always clear to see.