愛
ài HSK1

love

爱 (愛) ài
love verb
to have deep affection for someone or something; a feeling of strong constant affection

父母非常爱他们的孩子。

fù​mǔ fēi​cháng ài tā​men de hái​zi.

Parents love their children very much.

like verb
to be fond of; to enjoy or have a preference for an activity or thing

他爱听古典音乐。

tā ài tīng gǔ​diǎn yīn​yuè.

He loves listening to classical music.

tend to verb
to be inclined or prone to; to have a tendency for something to happen

这孩子爱发脾气。

zhè hái​zi ài fā pí​qi.

This child is prone to losing their temper.

benevolence noun
in Confucianism, an altruistic, compassionate love or humanity towards others, serving as the fundamental moral principle.

儒家所说的爱，是以孝悌为基础的。

Rú​jiā suǒ shuō de ài, shì yǐ xiào​tì wéi jī​chǔ de.

The love spoken of in Confucianism is based on filial piety and fraternal duty.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
394th most common 559.0 per million
Movie subtitles
128th most common 1393.1 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
927.7 per million appears in 85% of films
Written text
731.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
爱
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+611B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)