情熱
じょうねつ · jounetsu · JLPT N1 · noun
passion
🔥 情熱 = 情 (feeling) + 熱 (heat): passion is feeling that runs hot
情 means feeling or emotion, and 熱 means heat or fever. Together they describe emotion burning hot, which is the core of passion and zeal.
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.