to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
爱
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受
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𠂇
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Mnemonic symbol: A pair of swans who are in love.
爱
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受
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Albert Einstein hurt himself with a pair of scissors in the airplane's bathroom. He's already laying on a stretcher carried by two swans who are deeply in love with each other, being transported to the next hospital. A hospital... of love.
愛 character breakdown
The character 愛 cannot be broken down into individual components.
(of daylight) dim / obscure / clandestine / dubious
暧
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日
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爱
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Albert Einstein (Ø) is clandestinely (暧) meeting a pair of swans who are in love (爱) during the dim (暧) time of the day in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The light is very dim (暧) because they're hiding from the sun (日) so that the sun doesn't know they're all in a messed up shady (暧) love triangle.