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Stroke order
爱 is written in 10 strokes.
- 爱
爱 as a symbol
Simplified 爱 · Traditional 愛
As a single character: to love; to treasure; affection.
The traditional form 愛 is built on 心, the heart: a phono-semantic compound of phonetic 旡 with semantic 心 ('heart'). The simplification to 爱 replaced that heart with 友 ('friend').
Senses
- to love; to be fond of; to like
- affection
- to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
Example sentences
- 我爱我的家。Wǒ ài wǒ de jiā.I love my home.
- 她很爱她的女儿。Tā hěn ài tā de nǚ'ér.She loves her daughter very much.
Related words
爱 is pronounced ài and means “รัก”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 爱 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.