The kanji 愛: meaning, readings and stroke order

愛

Meaning: love
On reading: アイ ai
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 心 heart
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: yêu thương (ái)
Japanese: かわいがる。たいせつにおもう。
Korean: 사랑 (애)
Chinese: 爱

Readings, words and example sentences

アイ ai · on reading

愛あい用よう
always using (a favorite thing)
この筆を長く 愛あい用ようしています。
I have used this brush for a long time. It is my favorite.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.