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Hanzi breakdown

Explore how a character is built, identify its meaning and sound components, then practise writing it stroke by stroke.

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情1 / 1
Character breakdownqíng / left–right / Meaning + sound
情
qíng

Origin clue: heart

Strokes

Components

Meaning / left忄xīnheart, mindSound / right青qīngblue, green, young
情qíng
Structureleft–right
Radical忄heart, mind
TypeMeaning + sound

How it works

情 is a meaning-sound compound. 忄 gives the meaning clue (heart), while 青 gives a clue to its pronunciation.

Sound family

Common words 3

  • 事情 HSK 2shìqingthing · matter · affair
  • 热情 HSK 3rèqíngwarm, enthusiastic
  • 情况 HSK 3qíngkuàngcondition; situation