Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
love, affection, favourite
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
640 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 愛 【アイ】 love, affection, care, attachment, craving, desire, agape, Ireland
  • 愛犬 【アイケン】 pet dog, beloved dog, love of dogs, fondness for dogs
  • 友愛 【ユウアイ】 fraternity, friendship
  • 同性愛 【ドウセイアイ】 homosexuality, homosexual love

Kun reading compounds

  • 愛しい 【いとしい】 lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest, pitiable, pitiful
  • 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
  • 愛でる 【めでる】 to love, to cherish, to admire, to appreciate
  • 惜しむ 【おしむ】 to be frugal, to be sparing, to value, to hold dear, to regret (e.g. a loss), to feel sorry (for), to be unwilling, to be reluctant
  • 愛 【まな】 beloved, dear
  • 愛弟子 【まなでし】 favorite pupil, favourite pupil, teacher's pet

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あし、 え、 かな、 なる、 めぐ、 めぐみ、 よし、 ちか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ai4
Korean:
ae

Spanish

  • amor
  • afecto
  • favorito

Portuguese

  • amor
  • afeição
  • favorito

French

  • amour
  • affection
  • favori
339 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
441 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
417 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
436 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2829 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
456 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
545 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2018 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
259 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1079 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
790 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3133 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
745 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10947 Morohashi
2492 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 New Nelson (John Haig)
737 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
796 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
268 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
602 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
4i10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-9 SKIP code
2-6-7 SKIP code
2-1-12 SKIP code
2024.7 Four corner code
1-16-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
611b Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
pining, yearn for, love dearly, adore
Kun:
した.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慕情 【ボジョウ】 longing, yearning
  • 思慕 【シボ】 yearning, longing for, deep affection
  • 哀慕 【アイボ】 cherish the memory of, yearn for

Kun reading compounds

  • 慕う 【したう】 to yearn for, to long for, to pine for, to miss, to love dearly, to adore, to follow (someone), to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • añoranza
  • deseo
  • anhelo
  • añorar
  • desear
  • anhelar

Portuguese

  • Consumir-se
  • sentir saudades
  • amar
  • adorar

French

  • désir ardent
  • languir
  • aimer
  • adorer
1788 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1895 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4040 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1382 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1313 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1431 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1520 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1668 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
835 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2970 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1521 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2069 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
640 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11088X Morohashi
2353 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1948 New Nelson (John Haig)
633 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
683 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1703 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1940 2001 Kanji
3k11.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
4433.3 Four corner code
1-42-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6155 Unicode hex code