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How do you read 叙情 in Japanese?
Give words to an inward feeling.
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Expressing personal feelings in words, often discussed in relation to poetry.
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kanji with 余 beside 又
9-stroke kanji with 又 radical read jo
reading of 叙 with heart radical beside 青
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叙: 9 strokes; radical 又 (again). 情: 11 strokes; radical 忄 (heart). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
叙9 strokes / radical: 又 (again)
情11 strokes / radical: 忄 (heart)
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The answer is
じょじょう
jojō
叙情
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English translationExpression of personal feelings / lyricism
Expressing one’s feelings in writing or poetry, with attention to the emotional response to an event.
See it in a sentence
雨の日の短い詩に、作者の素直な叙情が感じられた。The short poem about a rainy day conveyed the writer’s sincere feelings.
A way to remember
叙 is short jo, while 情 is long jō: jojō, not jōjō.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 叙情
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Explore the word further
Express the response to an experience
Use 叙情を込める or 叙情豊かな詩. Notice which words communicate longing or sadness even when the subject is simply rain.
例：窓を打つ雨音を描く詩に叙情を込め、彼は故郷への思いを表した。
He expressed his longing for home through the feelings woven into a poem about rain tapping on the window.
Feeling and expressing it
叙情 concerns expressing a feeling, not merely having it. Look at the words and techniques through which a work communicates emotion.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 叙情
Explanation checked on 2026-11-02. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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