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情 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 情 意味

feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

情 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

なさ.け nasa.ke

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ジョウ jou
セイ sei

Examples

彼女は情にもろい。She is accessible to pity.
彼は情に厚い人だ。He is a man of warm heart.
彼女は情に流されやすい。She is easily moved to emotion.
情にほだされて思わず涙を流した。I was moved to tears in spite of myself.
暴君の心は哀れみの情で和らいだ。The tyrant’s heart melted with compassion.
私が悔恨の情をもって回顧することが一つある。There is one thing I look back on with regret.

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