愛 — love, affection
あい
愛
love
あい
U+611B
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #640
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #737
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Remember 愛
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Meanings
- love
- affection
Readings
- On'yomi
- あい ai
- Kun'yomi
- いと ito かな kana め me お o まな mana
word
あい ai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
いと ito Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
28 wordsEach dot is a word containing 愛: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 5 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Used as component in (1)
Compound ideograph (会意). Contains 心 (heart) at its center, with elements suggesting a person turning back with feeling. Love and affection — the heart that cannot bear to walk away.