Read Edit View history Discussion 愛 ài HSK1 love Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally a phonosemantic compound, with 旡 representing the sound and 心 (heart) representing the meaning. Later the 夂 component was added. Pinyin Separate values with commas ài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 爱 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 愛 Simp strokes 愛 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 愛 Simp strokes 愛 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 夂 is a component form of 止. The purpose of this component is unclear. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 愛 Simp strokes 愛 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 愛 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 642, 799 ], [ 574, 815 ], [ 509, 778 ], [ 464, 760 ], [ 350, 726 ] ], [ [ 308, 682 ], [ 358, 648 ], [ 374, 632 ], [ 386, 606 ] ], [ [ 461, 702 ], [ 497, 667 ], [ 511, 642 ] ], [ [ 697, 753 ], [ 706, 718 ], [ 620, 659 ], [ 612, 659 ], [ 609, 651 ] ], [ [ 216, 563 ], [ 227, 538 ], [ 226, 516 ], [ 187, 433 ], [ 188, 385 ] ], [ [ 252, 536 ], [ 268, 527 ], [ 300, 527 ], [ 492, 566 ], [ 709, 600 ], [ 796, 608 ], [ 827, 600 ], [ 849, 566 ], [ 774, 486 ], [ 761, 483 ] ], [ [ 340, 471 ], [ 325, 416 ], [ 285, 332 ] ], [ [ 402, 418 ], [ 472, 366 ], [ 525, 347 ], [ 608, 344 ], [ 651, 360 ], [ 658, 367 ], [ 648, 386 ], [ 595, 439 ] ], [ [ 458, 493 ], [ 501, 471 ], [ 527, 447 ] ], [ [ 605, 527 ], [ 674, 495 ], [ 696, 468 ] ], [ [ 409, 325 ], [ 429, 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388,183C407,170 494,105 523,79C546,58 546,58 557,48Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.