Read Edit View history 爱 ài HSK1 love Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 愛. Phonosemantic compound. 旡 represents the sound and 友 (friend) represents the meaning. Pinyin Separate values with commas ài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 愛 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 爱 Simp strokes 爱 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 爱 Simp strokes 爱 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 爱 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 627, 780 ], [ 561, 797 ], [ 461, 752 ], [ 338, 722 ] ], [ [ 304, 669 ], [ 371, 616 ], [ 382, 590 ] ], [ [ 456, 690 ], [ 499, 644 ], [ 512, 620 ] ], [ [ 660, 736 ], [ 679, 704 ], [ 603, 622 ], [ 585, 612 ], [ 583, 602 ] ], [ [ 211, 545 ], [ 221, 510 ], [ 202, 458 ], [ 172, 402 ], [ 168, 355 ] ], [ [ 248, 481 ], [ 264, 492 ], [ 364, 514 ], [ 466, 532 ], [ 475, 529 ], [ 484, 536 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