情

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(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

忄 meaning “heart” + 青 sound ( qīng )

Components 忄青

feelings · Heisig RSH #1211

state of mind + telescope

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有人情	yǒu rén qíng	humane
有情人	yǒu qíng rén	lovers
无情无义	wú qíng wú yì	completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
水火无情	shuǐ huǒ wú qíng	fire and flood have no mercy (idiom)
地下情	dì xià qíng	secret love affair
人情	rén qíng	human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
情人	qíng rén	lover; sweetheart
有情有义	yǒu qíng yǒu yì	affectionate and true; loyal (idiom)
国情	guó qíng	the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country; current state of a country
情头	qíng tóu	"lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves …
心情	xīn qíng	mood; frame of mind
情儿	qíng r	(dialect) mistress; paramour
无情	wú qíng	pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless
性情	xìng qíng	nature; temperament
动情	dòng qíng	to get excited; passionate; aroused to passion; to fall in love; on heat (of animals)
有情	yǒu qíng	to be in love; sentient beings (Buddhism)
行情	háng qíng	market price; quotation of market price; the current market situation
自作多情	zì zuò duō qíng	to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party
合情合理	hé qíng hé lǐ	(idiom) reasonable; fair
情分	qíng fèn	mutual affection; friendship

Characters sharing the sound component 青 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
青 sound part	qīng	nature's color; blue, green, black; young
清	qīng	clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
精	jīng	essence, germ, spirit
请	qǐng	to ask, to request; to invite; please
氰	qíng	cyanogen; ethane dinitrile
睛	jīng	eyeball; pupil
猜	cāi	to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel
晴	qíng	clear weather, fine weather
蜻	qīng	dragonfly
靓	liàng	ornament; pretty; to apply make-up
菁	jīng	turnip; a flower of the leek family
腈	jīng	acrylic
箐	qìng	to draw a bamboo bow
鲭	qīng	mackerel
鼱	jīng	shrew
圊	qīng	restroom