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How do you read 情景 in Japanese?
A scene that stays in the mind.
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A scene that evokes feeling and may come to mind as you read a story.
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heart beside 青 then 日 above 京
12-stroke kanji with 日 above 京
two-kanji word starting 情 for a scene
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情: 11 strokes; radical 忄 (heart). 景: 12 strokes; radical 日 (sun). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
情11 strokes / radical: 忄 (heart)
景12 strokes / radical: 日 (sun)
Stroke counts and radicals follow the Japanese dictionary Kanjipedia; other dictionaries may differ.
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The answer is
じょうけい
jōkei
情景
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English translationA scene with emotional atmosphere
A scene or view that evokes feeling, whether seen directly or imagined from a description.
See it in a sentence
小説の一行から、夕暮れの港の情景が浮かんだ。A line in the novel brought an evening harbor scene to mind.
A way to remember
情 is jō and 景 is kei. Keep the full vowel lengths in jōkei.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 情景
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Build a scene from words
Use 情景が浮かぶ or 情景を描く. Position, light, and sound help turn a passage into an imaginable scene.
例：鐘の音を一つ書き添えると、静かな村の情景がより鮮やかになった。
Adding a single bell sound made the quiet village scene more vivid.
It is more than an emotion alone
情景 directs attention to the scene that evokes feeling. Look beyond an emotion such as sadness to what was visible and how the scene appeared.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 情景
Explanation checked on 2026-11-02. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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