僾
ài

seem; appear; to pant

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 愛 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
愛
愛 Sound component
ài love

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'ojHqˤəp-s to pant, lose the breath

說文解字

《說文》：“僾，仿佛也。从人，愛聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

𫣊 ài seem; appear; to pant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 爱 represents the sound. Simplified form of 僾.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
爱
爱 Sound component
ài love

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode