情

qíng

(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion

(bound form) situation; condition

heart (忄) + sound (青) = feelings and emotion

The heart radical anchors the meaning: emotions and feelings live in the heart. 青 gives the sound qíng and does not carry the emotional meaning.

忄+青→情
忄HeartSemantic
青Blue-greenPhonetic

她的眼里充满了感情。

tā de yǎn lǐ chōng mǎn le gǎn qíng。

Her eyes were full of feeling.

你了解这件事的实情吗?

nǐ liǎo jiě zhè jiàn shì de shí qíng ma?

Do you understand the true situation of this matter?

Words with 情

抒情

shū qíng

to express emotion

抒情诗

shū qíng shī

lyric poetry

恋情

liàn qíng

romantic love

深情

shēn qíng

deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love

移情

yí qíng

to redirect one's affections

发情

fā qíng

(zoology) (of a female) to be in heat; (of a male) to be in rut

情色

qíng sè

erotic (of art etc)

人情味

rén qíng wèi

human warmth

不近人情

bù jìn rén qíng

(idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable

情境

qíng jìng

situation; context; setting; environment

冷酷无情

lěng kù wú qíng

cold-hearted; unfeeling; callous

友情

yǒu qíng

friendly feelings

More characters with 忄

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