爱
to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
爱 character breakdown
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)
受
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爫
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冖
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又
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Sherlock Holmes lost a boxing fight in the outhouse, and he's lying on a stretcher in the bathroom now. He still has his boxing gloves on. He got beaten so badly that is opponent was even able to shave his head with an electric razor. Nobody had a cover at hand, so he's just provisionally covered with a cooking top.
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)
Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character remind me of a smiling mouth over a beard; thus, I'll represent it by an electric razor. James II of England (zh) uses his electric razor (爫) to shave his beard in the aorta's living room (ao3).
Character component without intrinsic meaning
Characters with 爱 as component
(of daylight) dim / obscure / clandestine / dubious
暧
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日
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爱
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Albert Einstein (Ø) is clandestinely (暧) meeting a pair of swans who are in love (爱) during the dim (暧) time of the day in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The light is very dim (暧) because they're hiding from the sun (日) so that the sun doesn't know they're all in a messed up shady (暧) love triangle.
fine quality jade
your daughter (honorific)
to belch / (interj. of disapproval)
(interj. of regret)
misty / cloudy sky / dark / obscure
Words with 爱
Ren'ai or Jenai District of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 Shi4], Taiwan / Ren'ai or Jenai Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
Ren'ai or Jenai Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan
love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
"universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
Three-Self Patriotic Movement, PRC government-sanctioned Protestant church from 1949
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
Sentences with 爱
爱 currently does not appear in any sentence.