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Love Radical Affection Lovely Heart 愛 アイ いと.しい、かな.しい、め.でる、お.しむ、まな

Kanji
Onyomi アイ
Kunyomi いと.しい、かな.しい、め.でる、お.しむ、まな
Nanori あ, あし, え, かな, なる, めぐ, めぐみ, よし, ちか
English love, affection, favourite
Examples 愛想(あいそ): civility; courtesy; compliments; sociability; graces
愛(あい): love; affection
愛情(あいじょう): love; affection
恋愛(れんあい): love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
愛する(あいする): to love
可愛い(かわいい): (1) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty (2) dear; precious; darling; pet (3) cute little; tiny
可愛がる(かわいがる): to love; to be affectionate
可愛らしい(かわいらしい): lovely; sweet
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 640
Components 爪: claw; nail; talon
冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
夂: winter radical (no. 34)
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 61
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword love
Koohii Story 1 If you really love someone, you won´t keep them in a cage-like bird house relationship, but rather open the door and let their heart walk around freely. Think less about "I" (あい) and more about "we".
Koohii Story 2 The man is about to enter the ´birdhouse´ (brothel) when he remembers his true love at home, and, following his heart, uses his walking legs to go straight home.

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade4, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_emotion.sense_emotion

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