Memory phrase for the character: 愛
愛
Meaning
love Pronunciation AI Explanation From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, heart 心, sitting cross-legged 夂 (or upturned foot)
Mnemonic
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A hand is reaching down to cover the heart of the cross-legged sitting person: This is love. Radicals
愛
love
爫
grap downwards The radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
冖
cover The radical wakanmuri is seen as a cover, but sometimes also considered to be a table. (Other covers are:
心
heart Image of a heart with coronary arteries.
夂
crossed legs This radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.
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Vocabulary
愛 あい
love
2647
愛情 あいじょう
love, affection
7536
仁愛 じんあい
benevolence, charity, philanthropy, benevolence
6610
愛称 あいしょう
nickname, pet name
6622
恋愛 れんあい
love, passion, emotion, affections
2575
愛する あいする
to love
2648
愛想 あいそう
courtesy, compliments, sociability, civility
2650
愛想 あいそ
civility, courtesy, compliments, sociability, graces
7937
愛憎 あいにく
likes and dislikes
7939
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