情

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情 U+60C5, 情
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60C5
← 惄
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 惆 →

Translingual

Traditional 情
Simplified 情
Japanese 情
Korean 情
Stroke order (Mainland China)
11 strokes
Stroke order (Taiwan)
11 strokes
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

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

Chinese

trad. 情
simp. # 情
2nd round simp. 𰑊
alternative forms 啨
𢚏
⿰忄𤯞
⿰十青
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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).

Etymology

Its meaning "feeling" prompts Benedict (1976) to connect it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-niŋ (“heart; brain; mind”); while its other meaning "proper nature, situation" suggests cognacy to 生 (shēng, “to live, life”) (Boltz, 1976), though the initials of 情 (OC *dzeŋ) vs. 生 (OC *srêŋ) are difficult to reconcile (Schuessler, 2007) – not withstanding Zhengzhang (2003)'s reconstructions 情 (OC *zleŋ) vs. 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chêng - literary;
  • chiâⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • cêng5 - literary;
  • zian5 - vernacular.
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 情
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qíng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzjeng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*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. * 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

情

  1. feeling; sentiment; emotion
    感情  ―  gǎnqíng  ―  feeling
    情不自禁  ―  qíngbùzìjīn  ―  cannot help
  2. love; affection (Classifier: 段; 份)
    情書／情书  ―  qíngshū  ―  love letter
  3. sexual desire
    情慾／情欲  ―  qíngyù  ―  lust; sexual desire
    發情期／发情期  ―  fāqíngqī  ―  mating season
  4. favours; feelings
    人情  ―  rénqíng  ―  feelings; favour
    求情  ―  qiúqíng  ―  to plead
  5. reason
    常情  ―  chángqíng  ―  reason
    合情合理  ―  héqínghélǐ  ―  reasonable
  6. situation; circumstances
    病情  ―  bìngqíng  ―  patient's condition

Compounds

Descendants

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

Others:

Japanese

Shinjitai 情
Kyūjitai
情󠄁
情+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
情󠄃
情+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

情

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. emotion; feeling

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 情 (MC dzjeng).

Pronunciation

Noun

情(じょう) • (jō) ←じやう (zyau)?

  1. feeling; sentiment; emotion
  2. love; affection
  3. situation; circumstances

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “情”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

情 (eumhun 뜻 정 (tteut jeong))

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

Compounds

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

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

  1. chữ Hán form of tình (“ability to feel affection or compassion”).
  2. Nôm form of tành (“This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Trần (2004).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Bonet (1899).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Génibrel (1898).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hồ (1976).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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