Love in Chinese (Mandarin): 爱 (ài)
爱
ài
love
- Simplified
- 爱
- Traditional
- 愛
- Pinyin
- ài
- Typed as
- ai
Use it in a sentence
我爱爸爸。
我愛爸爸。
I love Dad.
The characters in 爱
爱 / 愛
To love. 心 (heart) is in the middle of the Traditional form, 愛.
10 strokes
Fourth tone. I love you is 我爱你 (wǒ ài nǐ). 爱 also means to love doing something: 我爱画画, I love drawing.
More examples with 爱
我爱我的家。
我愛我的家。
Wǒ ài wǒ de jiā.
I love my family.
妈妈爱我。
媽媽愛我。
Māma ài wǒ.
Mom loves me.
How to write 爱 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
爱 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
愛 13 strokes
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