愛

simplified	爱
traditional	愛

See also 爱

Translingual

simplified	爱
traditional	愛

Han character

Stroke order

愛 (radical 61 心+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月月心水 (BBPE), four-corner 2024₇)

1. love, be fond of, like

References

• KangXi: page 395, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10947
• Dae Jaweon: page 732, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2323, character 1
• Unihan data for U+611B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

愛 (Yale ngoi3, oi3)

• CantonPinyin: oi2

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Japanese

Kanji

愛 (grade 4 kanji)

Readings

• On: あい (ai)
• Kun: めでる (mederu), おしむ (oshimu), いとしい (itoshii)

Noun

愛 (hiragana あい, romaji ai)

1. love, affection

Synonyms

恋 (こい, koi) 恋愛 (れんあい, ren-ai)

愛情 (あいじょう, aijō)

Compounds

愛玩 (あいがん, aigan) 愛機 (あいき, aiki) 愛敬 (あいきょう, aikyō) 愛顧 (あいこ, aiko) 愛護 (あいご, aigo) 愛国 (あいこく, aikoku) 愛妻 (あいさい, aisai) beloved wife 愛児 (あいじ, aiji) 愛車 (あいしゃ, aisha) one's beloved car 愛社 (あいしゃ, aisha)

愛唱 (あいしょう, aishō) 愛称 (あいしょう, aishō) 愛人 (あいじん, aijin) 愛想 (あいそう, aisou) 愛憎 (あいぞう, aizō) 愛着 (あいちゃく, aichaku) (n.)affection (to things) 愛鳥 (あいちょう, aichō) 愛読 (あいどく, aidoku) (n.)reading in favor 愛用 (あいよう, aiyō) (n.)use in favor

Derived terms

• 愛する (あいする, aisuru) to love
• 愛らしい (あいらしい, airashii) lovely
• 愛しい (いとしい, itoshii) lovely
• 愛でたい (めでたい, medetai)　favorable

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Korean

Hanja

愛 (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune-Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

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Mandarin

simplified	爱
traditional	愛

Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}
• IPA: [ ai˥˩ ]

Hanzi

愛 (simplified 爱, pinyin ài (ai4), Wade-Giles ai⁴)

Noun

愛 (traditional, Pinyin ài, simplified 爱)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) love

Verb

愛 (traditional, Pinyin ài, simplified 爱)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to love; to be fond of

Usage notes

• When used for people, ài usually refers to romantic love. When used like this, older Mandarin speakers often describe the use of this term as overly 肉麻 (ròumá, adj. something that gives you the creeps, disgusting). For this reason, the word 喜歡 (xǐhuān, to like) might be used instead. Using the word xǐhuān literally means like, but when used in a romantic context (especially boyfriend/girlfriend), it actually means love. However, younger Mandarin speakers seem to have been influenced somewhat by Western culture, and are now using the verb ài much more often than was socially acceptable in the past.

References

• Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English). Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers. ISBN 7561720785.

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Min Nan

simplified	爱
traditional	愛

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ ai˨˩ ]

Noun

愛 (traditional, POJ ài, simplified 爱)

1. love

Verb

愛 (traditional, POJ ài, simplified 爱)

1. to love; to like; to be fond of
2. want; must; need
   • 2005: anon. zh-min-nan:wikipedia:User_talk:Wdshu#Hoklo_Dictionary_with_Unicode

     有一點愛注意的，都是Wikipedia是Unicode的環境

     Ū 1 tiám ài chù-ì--ê, tō-sī Wikipedia sī Unicode ê khoân-kéng

     There's one thing you must bear in mind, which is that Wikipedia is a Unicode environment

See also

• (Mandarin) 要 (yào) want; must; need

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Vietnamese

Han character

愛 (ái, áy)

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