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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

640 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: love, affection, favourite

Kunyomi: いと.しい, かな.しい, め.でる, お.しむ, まな

Onyomi: アイ

Composition: 爫 冖 心 夂

愛

Radical

Radical: 心

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

⼼

Examples

Examples with audio

愛する(あいする)   love [v.t.]

愛用する(あいようする)   use habitually

愛(あい)   love [n.]

愛情(あいじょう)   love [n.]

愛妻(あいさい)   beloved wife

愛人(あいじん)   lover, mistress

愛国心(あいこくしん)   patriotism

恋愛(れんあい)   love affair

母性愛(ぼせいあい)   maternal love

愛しい(いとしい)   lovely

愛おしむ(いとおしむ)   love [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

愛 (アイ) love, affection, care, attachment, craving, desire, agape, Ireland

愛犬 (アイケン) pet dog, beloved dog, love of dogs, fondness for dogs

友愛 (ユウアイ) fraternity, friendship

同性愛 (ドウセイアイ) homosexuality, homosexual love

Kunyomi Examples

愛しい (いとしい) lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest, pitiable, pitiful

悲しい (かなしい) sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous

愛でる (めでる) to love, to cherish, to admire, to appreciate

惜しむ (おしむ) to spare, to grudge, to be sparing (with), to be frugal, to be stingy, to regret, to lament, to be reluctant (to do), to be unwilling, to value, to prize, to hold dear, to love, to cherish

愛 (まな) beloved, dear

愛弟子 (まなでし) favorite pupil, favourite pupil, teacher's pet

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