愛 (ài)
to love/to be fond of
How 愛 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 爫 — claw/talon
- Traditional
- 愛
- Simplified
- 爱
Components
- 爫 claw/talon
- 冖 cover
- 心 heart
- 夂 go
Common words using 愛
- 可愛 kěài
- adorable; cute; lovely
- 愛情 àiqíng
- romance; love (romantic); CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4]
- 親愛 qīnài
- dear; beloved; darling
- 北愛 běiài
- abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Bei3 Ai4 er3 lan2], Northern Ireland
- 喜愛 xǐài
- to like; to love; to be fond of
- 心愛 xīnài
- beloved
- 愛上 àishàng
- to fall in love with; to be in love with
- 愛人 àiren
- spouse; husband; wife
- 愛好 àihào
- to like; to take pleasure in; keen on
- 愛好者 àihàozhě
- lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast
- 愛心 àixīn
- compassion; CL:片[pian4]
- 愛戀 àiliàn
- in love with; to feel deeply attached to
愛 in a sentence
台灣人很愛吃火鍋。
Táiwānrén hěn ài chī huǒguō.
“Taiwanese people really love eating hot pot.”
How common is 愛?
愛 is the 394th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 70.7% of all running text.
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