愛 – love, affection, favourite

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The kanji 愛 means love, affection, favourite. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アイ (ai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いと.しい、かな.しい、め.でる、お.しむ、まな (itoshii, kanashii, mederu, oshimu, mana). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	アイ	ai
Kun’yomi	いと.しい	itoshii
Kun’yomi	かな.しい	kanashii
Kun’yomi	め.でる	mederu
Kun’yomi	お.しむ	oshimu
Kun’yomi	まな	mana

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・爪・冖・夂.

Words using 愛

可愛いかわいいcute愛あいlove愛情あいじょうlove可愛そうかわいそうpoor可愛らしいかわいらしいlovely可愛がるかわいがるto be affectionate to愛想あいそうamiability恋愛れんあいlove

Example sentences

愛の動きは不可解。

Love moves in mysterious ways.

Tatoeba #191555

とりわけ子供たちは愛情を必要とする。

Above all, children need love.

Tatoeba #199691

ケンは１人息子なので、父親は一層可愛がった。

Ken's father loved Ken all the more because he was his only son.

Tatoeba #225175

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲惑患

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