Hanja Analyzer
情

情 — jeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
뜻 정
Romanization
jeong
English
feeling, sentiment, emotion
Mandarin
qíng
Japanese on'yomi
ジョウ, セイ
Japanese kun'yomi
なさ.け
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#235 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
心 (61, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
靑
Unicode
U+60C5

Parts that make up 情

  • 忄 마음 심variant of 心 심장을 본뜬 것느낌과 생각, 마음의 움직임
  • 青 푸를 청Japanese form of 靑sound 돋는 싹과 우물 또는 돋는 싹과 붉은 광물푸르고 맑은 것. ‘청·정’ 계열의 소리

How 情 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 情 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 心, 青.

Korean example words with 情

  • 정곡情曲 Korean gloss: 간곡한 정
  • 진정眞情 Korean gloss: 참된 사정
  • 춘정春情 Korean gloss: 봄의 정취
  • 간정奸情 Korean gloss: 간사한 마음
  • 내정內情 Korean gloss: 내부의 사정
  • 시정詩情 Korean gloss: 시적인 정취
  • 정애情愛 Korean gloss: 따뜻한 사랑
  • 내정來情 Korean gloss: 앞으로의 사정
  • 신정新情 Korean gloss: 새로 사귄 정
  • 원정怨情 Korean gloss: 원망하는 심정
  • 세정細情 Korean gloss: 세세히 맺힌 정
  • 소정素情 Korean gloss: 본래부터의 감정

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 情

  • 事情じじょう circumstances; conditions; situation
  • 情勢じょうせい state of things; state of affairs; situation
  • 情報じょうほう information; news; report
  • 表情ひょうじょう facial expression; countenance; look
  • 感情かんじょう emotion; feeling; feelings
  • 実情じつじょう real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
  • 苦情くじょう complaint; troubles; objection
  • 情熱じょうねつ passion; enthusiasm; zeal
  • 愛情あいじょう love; affection
  • 情じょう feelings; emotion; sentiment
  • 同情どうじょう sympathy; compassion; pity
  • 友情ゆうじょう friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

Characters sharing the phonetic 靑

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “정”

Other hanja with radical 心

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences