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Chinese symbol for “circumstances”

情况
qíng kuàng
Traditional: 情況
circumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for circumstances is 情况 (qíng kuàng), defined as: circumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

情 qíng
emotion, feeling, sentiment
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes
况 kuàng
condition, situation; furthermore
radical 15 ⼎ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “circumstances”

WordPinyinMeaning
形势 (形勢)xíng shìcircumstances; situation
情形qíng xingcircumstances; situation; state of affairs
情节 (情節)qíng jiécircumstances; plot; storyline
境地jìng dìcircumstances
情事qíng shìcircumstances; facts (of a case)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 情况.

WordPinyinMeaning
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
情绪 (情緒)qíng xùmood; state of mind
爱情 (愛情)ài qíngromance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn)
感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
热情 (熱情)rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic
状况 (狀況)zhuàng kuàngcondition; state; situation
概况 (概況)gài kuànggeneral situation; summary
况且 (況且)kuàng qiěmoreover; besides

See also: Japanese symbol for “circumstances”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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