情绪
qíngxù · HSK 6
humor
🧵 heart (情) + silk thread (绪) = emotions all strung together
情 combines the heart radical with 青 (blue/green). 绪 has the silk radical — threads of feeling. Moods are tangled threads pulled from the heart.
情 — heart radical 忄 + 青 (qīng)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The heart radical 忄 signals that the meaning involves feelings or inner states, while 青 supplies the sound 'qing'. Originally referring to genuine feelings or emotion arising from the heart, 情 expanded to cover sentiment, affection, and circumstances or situations more broadly.