情
じょう · jou · JLPT N3 · noun
passion
❤️ 忄 heart + 青 (sound sei/jou): what the heart produces, feelings
The left part 忄 is the squeezed form of 心, heart, so the kanji belongs to the family of emotions. 青 gives the sound. As a verbal hook, jou sounds like joy, which is an emotion. Common in 感情 (kanjou, emotion) and 愛情 (aijou, affection).
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.