愛

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

• 僾(𫣊), 噯(嗳), 嬡(嫒), 懓(𭞄), 曖(暧), 燰(𬊺), 璦(瑷), 皧, 瞹, 薆(𫉁), 鑀, 靉(叆), 鱫, 𣜬(𪳗), 𤻅, 𥖦, 𥣁, 𥴨(𫂖), 𦆔, 𦡝(𫆫), 𧓁, 𧞇, 𨙤, 𨣥, 𩡣(𩡖), 𪇈, 𪒱, 𭩊, 𮙀

• 爱 (Simplified Chinese)

• 𛀃 (Hentaigana)

• 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

Historical forms of the character 愛
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Originally 㤅, a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qɯːds) : phonetic 旡 (OC *kɯds) + semantic 心 (“heart”).

As early as the Qin dynasty, a meaningless component 夊 (“foot”) was added to the bottom of the character, as with some other characters depicting people. Compare 憂 (from 㥑).

Further corruption turned the original phonetic 旡 into ⿱爫冖.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋ-(w)aːj (“to copulate; to love; to be gentle”) (STEDT). Compare Proto-Karen *ʔai (“to love”), whence Pa'o Karen [script needed] (ʔái, “to love”), S'gaw Karen အဲၣ် ('ɛ̀, “to love”); Southern Bai e⁴⁴ (“love”); Mizo hma-ngaih (“to love, to like”); Jingpho nwai (“to respect, to love”), ngwi (“to be gentle”); Burmese [script needed] (ŋwé, “to be gentle, moderate”). The Chinese word is related to a Tibeto-Burman allofam without initial *ŋ-.

愛

愛

1. to love

   我愛你。 / 我爱你。  ―  Wǒ ài nǐ.  ―  I love you.

   你愛他嗎？ / 你爱他吗？  ―  Nǐ ài tā ma?  ―  Do you love him?

2. to treasure; to value
3. to like; to be fond of; to be keen on

   他愛說話。 / 他爱说话。  ―  Tā ài shuōhuà.  ―  He likes to talk.

   我不愛吃豬肉。 / 我不爱吃猪肉。  ―  Wǒ bù ài chī zhūròu.  ―  I don't like to eat pork.

4. to be prone; to be easy to

   愛發脾氣 / 爱发脾气  ―  ài fāpíqì  ―  to be short-tempered

   鐵愛生鏽。 / 铁爱生锈。  ―  Tiě ài shēngxiù.  ―  Iron rusts easily.

5. love; affection

   愛國 / 爱国  ―  ài guó  ―  patriotism

6. love; benevolence

   遺愛人間 / 遗爱人间  ―  yíàirénjiān  ―  to leave love behind

7. something one loves; someone whom one loves

   割愛 / 割爱  ―  gēài  ―  to sacrifice something one loves to someone else

8. Honorific for someone else's daughter; variant of 嬡／嫒 (ài).

   令愛 / 令爱  ―  lìngài  ―  your precious daughter

9. affectionate

   愛情 / 爱情  ―  àiqíng  ―  love

10. beloved

    愛妻 / 爱妻  ―  àiqī  ―  beloved wife

11. (Hakka, Cantonese, Wu) to want (an object)

    我唔愛咁多。 / 我唔爱咁多。 [Cantonese]  ―  Ngo⁵ m⁴ oi³ gam³ do¹. [Jyutping]  ―  I don't want that much.

12. (Min, Hakka) to want to do; to need to; must

    有一點愛注意的。 [Taiwanese, trad.]
    有一点爱注意的。 [Taiwanese, simp.]

    Ū chi̍t tiám ài chù-ì--ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

    There's one thing you must bear in mind.

13. A surname​.

• When used for people, 愛／爱 usually refers to romantic love. When used like this, older Mandarin speakers often describe the use of this term as overly 肉麻 (ròumá, “cheesy”). For this reason, the word 喜歡／喜欢 (xǐhuan, “to like”) might be used instead. Using the word 喜歡／喜欢 (xǐhuan) 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 愛／爱 much more often than was socially acceptable in the past.

• “Entry #9456”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: あい (ai, Jōyō); お (o)
• Kan-on: あい (ai, Jōyō)
• Kun: いつくしむ (itsukushimu, 愛しむ); いとしい (itoshii, 愛しい); いとおしむ (itooshimu, 愛おしむ); おしむ (oshimu, 愛しむ); まな (mana, 愛); めでる (mederu, 愛でる)
• Nanori: あ (a); あい (ai); あし (ashi); え (e); かな (kana); なる (naru); めぐ (megu); めぐみ (megumi); よし (yoshi); ちか (chika)

From Middle Chinese 愛 (MC ʔʌi^H).

Compare modern Mandarin 愛／爱 (ài).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あ​い [áꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠i]

愛 (hiragana あい, rōmaji ai)

1. love

   愛 (あい)は強 (つよ)く。

   Ai wa tsuyoku.

   The love is strong.

2. affection

   Synonym: 愛情 (aijō)

3. tenderness
4. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Synonym: 愛想 (aiso)

5. (Buddhism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
6. (Christianity) agape

• (love, generally more passionate or erotic): 恋 (こい) (koi), 恋愛 (れんあい) (ren'ai)

愛 (hiragana あい, rōmaji Ai)

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Originally a compound of 真 (ma, “true, genuine”) +‎ な (na), an Old Japanese version of modern Japanese の (no, possessive particle).[3]

The use of 愛 here is an example of ateji (当て字).

• 真

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まな [màná] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠na̠]

愛 (hiragana まな, rōmaji mana-)

1. before a common noun, expresses a sense of admiration or value: good, genuine; compare English the real deal
2. before a noun describing a person, expresses praise or fondness: dear, beloved

• 愛 (まな)弟 (で)子 (し) (manadeshi)
• 愛 (まな)娘 (むすめ) (manamusume)

愛 (hiragana まな, rōmaji mana)

1. (archaic, derived from prefix sense) something dear or loved

愛 (hiragana まな, rōmaji Mana)

1. a female given name

Used as ateji in various names. 愛 is a very common element in many, many names.

愛 (hiragana あづみ, rōmaji Azumi, alternative reading ああい, rōmaji Āi, alternative reading あいか, rōmaji Aika, alternative reading あいす, rōmaji Aisu, alternative reading あき, rōmaji Aki, alternative reading あこ, rōmaji Ako, alternative reading あみか, rōmaji Amika, alternative reading あおい, rōmaji Aoi, alternative reading ありさ, rōmaji Arisa, alternative reading あや, rōmaji Aya, alternative reading あゆ, rōmaji Ayu, alternative reading ちぎり, rōmaji Chigiri, alternative reading ちか, rōmaji Chika, alternative reading ちかし, rōmaji Chikashi, alternative reading えりな, rōmaji Erina, alternative reading はあと, rōmaji Hāto, alternative reading ひかり, rōmaji Hikari, alternative reading いと, rōmaji Ito, alternative reading いとし, rōmaji Itoshi, alternative reading いつみ, rōmaji Itsumi, alternative reading いずみ, rōmaji Izumi, alternative reading かな, rōmaji Kana, alternative reading かなえ, rōmaji Kanae, alternative reading かなさ, rōmaji Kanasa, alternative reading きずな, rōmaji Kizuna, alternative reading こころ, rōmaji Kokoro, alternative reading このむ, rōmaji Konomu, alternative reading まどか, rōmaji Madoka, alternative reading まなぶ, rōmaji Manabu, alternative reading まなみ, rōmaji Manami, alternative reading めづる, rōmaji Mezuru, alternative reading めご, rōmaji Mego, alternative reading めぐ, rōmaji Megu, alternative reading めぐみ, rōmaji Megumi, alternative reading めぐむ, rōmaji Megumu, alternative reading めい, rōmaji Mei, alternative reading なる, rōmaji Naru, alternative reading なるこ, rōmaji Naruko, alternative reading のぞみ, rōmaji Nozomi, alternative reading らぶ, rōmaji Rabu, alternative reading るい, rōmaji Rui, alternative reading さら, rōmaji Sara, alternative reading さらん, rōmaji Saran, alternative reading つぐみ, rōmaji Tsugumi, alternative reading つくみ, rōmaji Tsukumi, alternative reading うい, rōmaji Ui, alternative reading よし, rōmaji Yoshi, alternative reading よしき, rōmaji Yoshiki, alternative reading よしみ, rōmaji Yoshimi)

1. a female given name

愛 (eumhun 사랑 애 (sarang ae))

1. Hanja form^? of 애 (“love”).

• 眞

Originally a compound of 眞 (ma, “true, genuine”) +‎ な (na, apophonic form of possessive particle の (no₂)).

愛 (mana) (kana まな)

1. something dear or loved
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3462)

     安志比奇乃夜末佐波妣登乃比登佐波爾麻奈登伊布児我安夜爾可奈思佐

     asi-pi₁ki₂ no₂ yamasapabi₁to₂ no₂ pi₁to₂ sapa ni mana to₂ ipu ko₁ ga aya ni kanasisa

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• 愛子 (manago₁)
• 愛娘 (manamusume₁)

• Japanese: 愛 (mana-)

愛: Hán Việt readings: ái[1][2][3][4][5], áy[4]
愛: Nôm readings: ái[1][2][3][4][5][6], áy[1][2][3][4][5][6], ải[1]

1. Hán tự form of ái (“love”).
2. Nôm form of áy (“troubled; anxious”).