愛
愛 — ae
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 사랑 애
- Romanization
- ae
- English
- love, be fond of, like
- Mandarin
- ài
- Japanese on'yomi
- アイ, エ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- いと.しい かな.しい め.でる お.しむ まな
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #640 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 (61, 9 residual)
- Unicode
- U+611B
How 愛 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 愛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 旡, 心.
Korean example words with 愛
- 밀애蜜愛 Korean gloss: 달콤한 사랑
- 애첩愛妾 Korean gloss: 사랑하는 첩
- 익애溺愛 Korean gloss: 사랑에 빠짐
- 정애情愛 Korean gloss: 따뜻한 사랑
- 애군愛君 Korean gloss: 임금을 사랑함
- 애민愛民 Korean gloss: 백성을 사랑함
- 애장愛藏 Korean gloss: 소중히 간직함
- 애희愛姬 Korean gloss: 사랑하는 여자
- 애호愛好 Korean gloss: 사랑하고 좋아함
- 애련愛戀 Korean gloss: 사랑하고 그리워함
- 지애至愛 Korean gloss: 더없이 깊은 사랑
- 애고愛顧 Korean gloss: 사랑하여 돌보아 줌
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 愛
- 愛あい love; affection; care
- 愛情あいじょう love; affection
- 恋愛れんあい love; romance; tender passion
- 愛好あいこう love; adoration; being fond of
- 愛国あいこく love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland
- 愛称あいしょう pet name; nickname; affectionate name
- 愛するあいする to love
- 同性愛どうせいあい homosexuality; homosexual love
- 愛人あいじん lover; mistress
- 友愛ゆうあい fraternity; friendship
- 愛しいいとしい lovely; dear; beloved
- 愛着あいちゃく attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
Characters sharing the phonetic 愛
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “애” in Korean.
Other hanja read “애”
Other hanja with radical 心
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences