feeling, emotion, sentiment
On'yomi (音読み)
- ジョウ
- セイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- なさけ
About this kanji
The kanji 「情」 primarily means feeling or emotion. It is often used as a noun, referring to various sentiments people experience. You can find it in compounds like 友情 (ゆうじょう), which means friendship, and 状況 (じょうきょう), meaning situation. Another example is 感情 (かんじょう), which translates to emotion. This kanji can also appear in 情熱 (じょうねつ), meaning passion. A helpful note is that while it often deals with feelings, it can also imply the circumstances surrounding those feelings, linking our emotions to our situations.
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Example sentences
情熱を持って取り組む。
I work on it with passion.
Meanings across languages
- English
- feeling, emotion, sentiment
- Tiếng Việt
- cảm xúc, tình cảm
- 日本語
- 感情, 気持ち
- 한국어
- 감정
- 中文
- 感觉
- id
- perasaan
- th
- ความรู้สึก
- es
- sentimiento
- fr
- émotion
- de
- Gefühl
- pt
- sentimento
Common compounds
- 友情ゆうじょうfriendship
- 状況じょうきょうsituation, condition
- 感情かんじょうemotion, feeling
- 情熱じょうねつpassion, enthusiasm
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