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Chinese symbol for “sentiments”

情操
qíng cāo
sentiments; feelings; disposition of mind; moral character

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sentiments is 情操 (qíng cāo), defined as: sentiments; feelings; disposition of mind; moral character.

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
操 cāo
to conduct, to manage, to run
radical 64 ⼿ · 16 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 情操.

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)
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
操作cāo zuòto work; to operate
操纵 (操縱)cāo zòngto operate; to control

See also: Japanese symbol for “sentiments”.

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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