The Radical: 愛


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love    愛

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 3Joyo 4
love
AI
From top: hand reaching down , cover , heart , sitting cross-legged (or upturned foot)
A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged: That is love.

Vocabulary
JLPT 2Joyo 6
gentle, superior, tender, graceful
yasashii, sugureru,
Left: person , right: grief, sorrow (If you have (a variation of) love in your head , then you have sorrow and perhaps grief.) [ = A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged : That is love.]
A person who wants your forehead to be covered and is cordial at your upturned foot, is simply gentle.

Vocabulary
JLPT 1Joyo 7
joy, congratulation, jubilation
KEI
Top: variation of deer 鹿 (originally a pictograph), below: var. of love [= A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged : That is love.]
Deer and love mean joy.
广 鹿
Vocabulary
JLPT 1Joyo 7
grief, sorrow, trouble, fear
urei/eru, ui,
Variation of love (A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged : That is love.) with head/forehead instead of a hand reaching downwards
If you have love in your head, then you have sorrow and perhaps grief.

Vocabulary
JLPT -Joyo 7
not clear, vague, obscure
AI
Left: day/sun , right: love (A hand reaching down to cover the heart and an upturned foot : That is love) [ = A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged : That is love.]
In daylight love becomes unclear.

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