爱 (ài) — Chinese Character

爱

ài

to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

Radical: 爫 HSK 1 v, vn, b ideographic

Components & Etymology

爱 decomposes into the following components:

爫冖友

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 爱.

亲爱

qīn ài

仁爱

rén ài

令爱

lìng ài

佛爱

fó ài

作爱

zuò ài

偏爱

piān ài

做爱

zuò ài

关爱

guān ài

兼爱

jiān ài

割爱

gē ài

北爱

běi ài

博爱

bó ài

Characters that share the radical 爫.

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