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Character #104 · The First 1000
爱 (愛) ài meaning: love
to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- Strokes
- 1013
- TraditionalSimplified
- 愛 爱
- Poster cell
- T4
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 爱愛
Write 爱愛 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, ài, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 爱 mean in English?
- 爱 (ài) means "love": to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen).
- How do you pronounce 爱?
- 爱 is pronounced ài in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄞˋ.
- How many strokes does 爱 have?
- The simplified form, 爱, has 10 strokes. The traditional form, 愛, has 13.
- What is the traditional form of 爱?
- The traditional form of 爱 is 愛. 爱 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 愛 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 爱?
- Common words that use 爱 include 爱好 (àihào, hobby; to like), 爱情 (àiqíng, romance), 可爱 (kě'ài, adorable), 爱人 (àiren, spouse).
- How common is 爱?
- 爱 is number 104 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell T4 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.