Characters › 爱
10 strokes · radical 爫 · HSK 1 · traditional 愛
13 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 爱
A way to remember it
The traditional 愛 has a heart, 心, sitting in its middle. The simplified 爱 replaced it with 友, friend. Whether that was a loss is still argued over at dinner tables.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
to love
ài — to love
Radical 爫 · 10 strokes · HSK 1 · traditional 愛
13 strokes · HSK 1 · simplified 爱
A way to remember itThe traditional 愛 has a heart, 心, sitting in its middle. The simplified 爱 replaced it with 友, friend. Whether that was a loss is still argued over at dinner tables.