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爱 ài — “to love”

How to write and say the Chinese character 爱 (ài), which means to love — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Think & feel.

Stroke order笔顺

爱 is written with 10 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: to bring a friend 友 into one's house 冖.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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