爱

See also: 愛 and 爰

Translingual

Stroke order

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Han character

爱 (Kangxi radical 87, 爪+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月月大水 (BBKE), four-corner 2040₇, composition ⿳⺤冖友)

Derived characters

• 叆, 嗳, 嫒, 暧, 瑷, 𩡖, 𪳗, 𫂖, 𫆫, 𫉁, 𫣊, 𬊺, 𭞄, 𭱵, 𮇳, 𮓇, 𮦸

Related characters

• 愛 (Traditional form of 爱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 689, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2033, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7231

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 愛 (𢖻 → 友). This character is not known to exist until the simplification of Chinese characters by the People's Republic of China in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 爱 – see 愛 (“to love; to treasure; to value; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 愛).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.