情

Translingual

Traditional	情
Simplified	情
Japanese	情
Korean	情

Stroke order (Mainland China)

Stroke order (Taiwan)

Stroke order (Mainland China)

Alternative forms

• In mainland China, Hong Kong (based on its educational standard), Japanese kanji and Vietnamese Hán Nôm, the bottom right component is written ⺝ with a vertical 丨 left stroke.
• In Taiwan, the bottom right component is written 月 with a curved 丿 left stroke.
• In Korean hanja, the bottom right component is written 円 which is the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.

Han character

情 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心手一月 (PQMB), four-corner 9502₇, composition ⿰忄青(GHTJV) or ⿰忄靑(K))

Derived characters

• 𫠽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 389, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10756
• Dae Jaweon: page 723, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2312, character 13
• Unihan data for U+60C5

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Chinese

trad.		情
simp. #		情
alternative forms		啨 𢚏 ⿰十青

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (生) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zleŋ) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíng (qing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhìn
• Northern Min (KCR): chǎng
• Eastern Min (BUC): cìng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chêng / chiâⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng⁵ / zian⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zhin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyng
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing⁴
    • Yale: chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qin²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰin¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng / chiâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng / tsiânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeeng, cviaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴/, /t͡siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴/, /t͡siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ¹³/, /t͡siã¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴/, /t͡siã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³/, /t͡siã²³/

Note:

• chêng - literary;
• chiâⁿ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cêng⁵ / zian⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshêng / tsiâⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sĩã⁵⁵/

Note:

• cêng5 - literary;
• zian5 - vernacular.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhin
    • MiniDict: zhin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjeng

Rime
Character	情
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾盈切
Baxter	dzjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]eŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zleŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	情
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qíng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjeng ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]eŋ/
English	affections; response to circumstances
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	情
Reading #	1/1
No.	11348
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	情
Old Chinese	/*zleŋ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 情

1. feeling; sentiment; emotion

   感情  ―  gǎnqíng  ―  feeling

   愛情／爱情  ―  àiqíng  ―  love

2. love; affection (Classifier: 段; 份)
3. friendship; close relationship
4. reputation; face (as a social concept)
5. situation; circumstances
6. clearly; obviously

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (情):

• → Japanese: 情(じょう) (jō)
• → Korean: 정(情) (jeong)
• → Vietnamese: tình (情)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

情

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. emotion; feeling

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: なさけ (nasake, 情け, Jōyō); こころ (kokoro, 情); おもむき (omomuki, 情)

Compounds

Compounds

• 風(ふ)情(ぜい) (fuzei, “taste; elegance; appearance”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
情
じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 情 (MC dzjeng).

Noun

情(じょう) • (jō) 

1. emotion; feeling

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 情(じょう)感(かん) (jōkan): emotion
• 情(じょう)事(じ) (jōji): love affair
• 情(じょう)勢(せい) (jōsei): situation
• 情(じょう)報(ほう) (jōhō): information
• 情(じょう)熱(ねつ) (jōnetsu): enthusiasm
• 愛(あい)情(じょう) (aijō): love
• 詩(し)情(じょう) (shijō): poetic sentiment
• 事(じ)情(じょう) (jijō): state of affairs
• 実(じつ)情(じょう) (jitsujō): real condition; actual circumstances
• 非(ひ)情(じょう) (hijō): heartlessness
• 表(ひょう)情(じょう) (hyōjō): facial expression
• 風(ふう)情(じょう) (fūjō): appearance; outward attitude
• 熱(ねつ)情(じょう) (netsujō): passion
• 友(ゆう)情(じょう) (yūjō): friendship
• 旅(りょ)情(じょう) (ryojō): travel weariness

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Korean

Hanja

情 (eumhun 뜻 정 (tteut jeong))

1. Hanja form^? of 정 (“feeling; sentiment; emotion”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 정보 (情報, jeongbo, “information”)
• 정취 (情趣, jeongchwi, “artistic mood; touch”)
• 정가 (情歌, jeongga, “love song”)
• 정경 (情景, jeonggyeong, “a sad scene”)
• 정황 (情況, jeonghwang, “circumstances; conditions”)
• 정색 (情色, jeongsaek, “erotica”)
• 애정 (愛情, aejeong, “love”)
• 발정 (發情, baljeong, “oestrus; rut”)
• 동정 (同情, dongjeong, “sympathy”)
• 감정 (感情, gamjeong, “emotion”)
• 격정 (激情, gyeokjeong, “passion”)
• 민정 (民情, minjeong, “the state of the common people's lives”)
• 무정 (無情, mujeong, “emotionless”)
• 풍정 (風情, pungjeong, “elegance”)
• 색정 (色情, saekjeong, “sexual urge; sexual desire; lust”)
• 서정 (抒情, seojeong, “lyricism”)
• 실정 (實情, siljeong, “the real situation”)
• 심정 (心情, simjeong, “feeling”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

情: Hán Việt readings: tình
情: Nôm readings: tành, tình, dềnh, rình, thanh, xênh, tạnh

1. Template:han tu form of
2. Template:Nom form of

Compounds

Compounds

• 情歌 (tình ca)
• 情況 (tình huống)
• 情願 (tình nguyện)
• 情狀 (tình trạng)
• 愛情 (ái tình)
• 風情 (phong tình)
• 色情 (sắc tình)
• 情報 (tình báo)
• 抒情 (trữ tình)