CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

 

 

10 stroke ( )

 ㄞ4 (ai4)

ài

 

爱 = to love; affection; to be fond of; to like - trad. 愛 => (radical 87) + (radical 14) + + (radical 34), the two latter characters were later simplified and combined ( + ) to form , which means ‘friend’ or ‘companion’

related: 爱好