Chinese symbol for “emotion”
感情
gǎn qíng
emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
The closest CC-CEDICT match for emotion is 感情 (gǎn qíng), defined as: emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “emotion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 情 | qíng | (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition |
| 情志 | qíng zhì | emotion; mood |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel; to move |
| 情感 | qíng gǎn | feeling; emotion |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 感情.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感觉 (感覺) | gǎn jué | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 感谢 (感謝) | gǎn xiè | to thank; to be grateful |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 感染 | gǎn rǎn | to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence |
| 情况 (情況) | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 情绪 (情緒) | qíng xù | mood; state of mind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “emotion”.
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.