爱
Meaning
- to love; to be fond of; to like
- affection
- to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
Example sentence
我爱我的家人。
I love my family.
The character 爱
The full form 愛 carries 心, a heart, at its centre; the simplified 爱 swaps that heart for 友, a friend. It takes its object directly — 我爱你 — and heads 爱好 a hobby, 爱情 romantic love and 可爱 lovable.