11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 5th grade
JLPT exam level N3

feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

Kun'yomi
  • pity ②affection
On'yomi
  • ジョ
    feelings ②compassion ③passion ④the way things really are
  • セイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ジョウ 91.9%
なさ 7.2%
セイ 0.9%

Character Breakdown

feelings, emotion, passion
ジョウ なさ.け セイ (5th, N3)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
blue, green
あお セイ お (1st, N4)
life (生) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)

Common Words

information ②information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
circumstances
feelings ②compassion ③passion ④the way things really are
facial expression ②look
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References

Unicode hex code 60C5
JIS X 0208 1-30-80
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1714
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1898
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 482
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 583
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 353
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 439
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1537
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1657
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 286
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 334
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 10756P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 719
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 209
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 209
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 643
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 543
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 741
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 738
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 183
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 654
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 819
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1551
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4k8.9
Four corner code 9502.7
De Roo Code 1146