Kanji N3

情: feelings, emotion, passion

情 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning feelings, emotion, passion, written with 11 strokes. It is read ジョウ, セイ (on) and なさけ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 事情 (じじょう, circumstances) and 情報 (じょうほう, information).

情

Meanings

  • feelings
  • emotion
  • passion
  • sympathy
  • circumstances
  • facts
Strokes11
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#235 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジョウ
  • セイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • なさけ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 情

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 事情じじょう

    circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons

    JLPT N3
  • 情報じょうほう

    information; news; report; intelligence

    JLPT N3
  • 表情ひょうじょう

    facial expression; countenance

    JLPT N3
  • 感情かんじょう

    emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

    JLPT N3
  • 愛情あいじょう

    love; affection

    JLPT N3
  • 友情ゆうじょう

    friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

    JLPT N3
  • 実情じつじょう

    real condition; actual circumstances

    JLPT N1
  • 情勢じょうせい

    state of things; state of affairs; situation

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.