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Chinese symbol for “mood”

情绪
qíng xù
Traditional: 情緒
mood; state of mind; moodiness; 种 (zhǒng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mood is 情绪 (qíng xù), defined as: mood; state of mind; moodiness; 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
绪 xù
mental state; thread, clue
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “mood”

WordPinyinMeaning
心情xīn qíngmood; frame of mind
心境xīn jìngmood; mental state
兴致 (興致)xìng zhìmood; spirits
气氛 (氣氛)qì fēnatmosphere; mood
情调 (情調)qíng diàoambience; mood; flavor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 情绪.

WordPinyinMeaning
情况 (情況)qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
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
思绪 (思緒)sī xùtrain of thought; emotional state
头绪 (頭緒)tóu xùoutline; main threads
就绪 (就緒)jiù xùto be ready; to be in order

See also: Japanese symbol for “mood”.

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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