The kanji 情: meaning, readings and stroke order
情
- Meaning
- feelings, situation
- On reading
- ジョウ jou、セイ* sei
- Kun reading
- なさ(け) nasake
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tình cảm, tình hình (tình)
- Japanese
- こころの うごき。ありさま。
- Korean
- 마음, 사정 (정)
- Chinese
- 感情、情况
Readings, words and example sentences
ジョウ jou · on reading
情報
information
新しい 情報を 集めます。
I gather new information.
なさ(け) nasake · kun reading · less common
情け
kindness, compassion
困った 人に 情けを かけます。
I show kindness to people in trouble.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.