爱

爱

See also: 受, 愛, and 爰

爱 U+7231, 爱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7231 ← 爰 [U+7230] CJK Unified Ideographs 爲 → [U+7232]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

爱 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月月大水 (BBKE), four-corner 2040₇, composition ⿳⺤冖友)

Derived characters

• 叆, 嗳, 嫒, 暧, 瑷, 𩡖, 𪳗, 𫂖, 𫆫, 𫉁, 𫣊, 𬊺, 𭞄, 𭱵, 𮇳, 𮓇, 𮦸

Related characters

• 愛 (Traditional form of 爱)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 689, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2033, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7231

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Chinese

Glyph origin

A variant of 愛, replacing the lower half with 友 ('friend').

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 爱 – see 愛 (“to love; to treasure; to value; etc.”). (This character, 爱, is the simplified and variant form of 愛.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01404-008