愛 — Chinese character
愛
ài
to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection
- Pinyin
- ài
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 爫 冖 心 夂
- Formation
- ideographic — To bring a lover 心 into one's house 冖
- Simplified
- 爱
- Japanese
- 愛 as a kanji
愛 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 9 · Art of War 6 · Mencius 40 · Zhuangzi 36 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 27
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 44
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 72
- Analects 1.5
- Analects 1.6
- Analects 3.17
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