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愛

JLPT N3 SL4 13 strokes Frequency: #640

Meanings

Love, Affection, Favourite

Radicals

心

Decomposition

⿱⿱爫⿱冖心夂

Etymology

Ideographic: To bring a lover 心 into one's house 冖

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 diagonal right-to-left

2 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot right-to-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

8 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 corner bottom-to-top

13 diagonal top-left-to-bottom-right

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

アイ ai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かな kana

いと ito

お o

め me

まな mana

Words Using This Kanji

338 words total

Other (18 words)

愛他主義あいたしゅぎ

altruism

愛読者あいどくしゃ

subscriber

愛媛県えひめけん

Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku)

愛好あいこう

love

愛国主義あいこくしゅぎ

nationalism

愛車あいしゃ

(one's) beloved car (or motorcycle, bicycle, etc.)

愛称あいしょう

pet name

愛憎併存あいぞうへいそん

ambivalence

愛知県あいちけん

Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

favourite book

love

beloved wife

loving to sing (a song)

lover

collector's edition

favorite pupil

cat lover

favorite

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