感情
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
感情 (gǎnqíng) · feelings
感情 (gǎnqíng) means “feelings; emotion; affection”. It is written with 2 characters: 感 (feeling) + 情 (emotion). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 感情 is built
The characters
感 gǎn · feeling
What 感 is made of
- 咸xián — all
- 戊wù — 5th heavenly stem
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 戈gē — spear
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 戊wù — 5th heavenly stem
- 心xīn — heart
Origin hint: Two hearts 心 beating together 咸 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
情 qíng · emotion
What 情 is made of
- 忄xīn — heart
- 八bā — eight
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 青qīng — nature's color
- 龶 — top part
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 二 — two strokes
Origin hint: 忄 gives the meaning, 青 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我和姐姐的感情很好。Wǒ hé jiějie de gǎnqíng hěn hǎo.My older sister and I are very close.
他唱歌的时候很有感情。Tā chàng gē de shíhou hěn yǒu gǎnqíng.He sings with a lot of feeling.
Questions about 感情
What does 感情 mean?
感情 (gǎnqíng) means “feelings; emotion; affection”.
How do you pronounce 感情?
感情 is pronounced gǎnqíng.
Which HSK level is 感情?
感情 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 感到gǎndàoto feel
- 感动gǎndòngto move (emotionally)
- 感觉gǎnjuéto feel
- 感谢gǎnxièto thank
- 感冒gǎnmàoto catch a cold
- 感受gǎnshòuto feel
- 情感qínggǎnfeelings
- 感兴趣gǎn xìngqùto be interested (in)
- 感激gǎnjīto be grateful
- 感想gǎnxiǎngthoughts
Learn 感情 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 25: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.