CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

爱

 

 

10 stroke ( 爪 )

 ㄞ4 (ai4)

ài

 

爱 = to love; affection; to be fond of; to like - trad. 愛 => 爫 (radical 87) + 冖 (radical 14) + 心 + 夂 (radical 34), the two latter characters were later simplified and combined ( + 又) to form 友 , which means ‘friend’ or ‘companion’

related: 爱好

 

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