• 愛情あいじょう — affection
• 感情かんじょう — emotion
• 事情じじょう — circumstances
• 友情ゆうじょう — friendship
• 表情ひょうじょう — facial expression
• 情熱じょうねつ — passion
• 情報じょうほう — information
• 情景じょうけい — scene, emotional setting

The character 情 is formed from the 心 radical (heart) and the phonetic component 青. It represents a heart full of clear expression — a direct reflection of emotional state. According to KADOKAWA’s revised character dictionary, 情 can describe a wide spectrum: from deep emotion and compassion to contextual situations like news or conditions.

彼かれは 情なさけ深ぶかい 人ひとです。
He is a compassionate person.

今いまの 情じょう勢せいを 知しっていますか？
Are you aware of the current situation?

The on-yomi ジョウ (jou) is the most common reading and is used in almost all compound words. The kun-yomi なさけ (nasake) is less frequent but still recognized in phrases like 情けない or 情け深い.