How to write 情 (qíng, “feelings”)

情 (qíng), an HSK 2 character, means “feelings” and “situation”. It pairs a meaning part, 忄 (“heart”), with a sound part, 青 (“youth”). Among the HSK words it appears in 事情 (“affair”), 热情 (“cordial”) and 友情 (“friendly feelings”). Japanese reads it jou, “feelings”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.

Pinyin: qíng
Strokes: 11
HSK: 2
Radical: 忄 (“heart”)

Stroke by stroke

As a left-right character it splits into 忄 (“heart”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 青 (“youth”), strokes 4–11, written the left part first.

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Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (11 strokes in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese).

Japanese · KanjiVG · 11 strokes

Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 11 strokes

Where 情 comes from

heart

Meaning part: 忄 (“heart”)
Sound part: 青 (“youth”)

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Pinyin and meaning

Pinyin	Meanings	Traditional	In words
qíng second tone	(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition	—	热情友情爱情心情

HSK 2025 syllabus: level 2
2021 standard: level 2
HSK 2.0: in a level 2 word
Words with it: 324 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 情

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
事情	shìqing	affair; matter HSK 2
热情熱情	rèqíng	cordial; enthusiastic HSK 3
友情	yǒuqíng	friendly feelings; friendship HSK 4
爱情愛情	àiqíng	romance; love (romantic) HSK 4
心情	xīnqíng	mood; frame of mind HSK 4
感情	gǎnqíng	emotion; sentiment HSK 4
情况情況	qíngkuàng	circumstances; state of affairs HSK 4
同情	tóngqíng	to sympathize with; sympathy HSK 5
病情	bìngqíng	state of an illness; patient's condition HSK 5
表情	biǎoqíng	(facial) expression; to express one's feelings HSK 5

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