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愛 universally means love in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, old Korean Hanja, and old Vietnamese.
愛 is one of the most recognized Asian symbols in the West and is often seen on tee shirts, coffee mugs, tattoos, and more.
愛 can also be defined as affection, to be fond of, to like, or to be keen on. It often refers to romantic love, and is found in phrases like, “I love you.” But in Chinese, one can say, “I love that movie” using this character as well.
This can also be a pet name or part of a pet name in the way we say “dear” or “honey” in English.
This can be a girl’s name “Ai” in both Chinese and Japanese.
More about this character:
This may be hard to imagine as a westerner but the strokes at the top of this love character symbolize family & marriage.
The symbol in the middle is a little easier to identify. It is the character for "heart" (it can also mean "mind" or "soul"). I guess you can say that no matter if you are from the East or the West, you must put your heart into your love.
The strokes at the bottom create a modified character that means "friend" or "friendship."
I suppose you could say that the full meaning of this love character is to love your family, spouse, and friends with all of your heart, since all three elements exist in this character.
See Also: I Love You | Caring | Benevolence | Friendliness | Double Happiness Happy Marriage Wall Scroll
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your love ai search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
恩愛 恩爱 see styles |
ēn ài en1 ai4 en ai onai おんあい |
loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love kindness and affection; love; (female given name) On'ai Grace and love; human affection, which is one of the causes of rebirth. |
愛意 爱意 see styles |
ài yì ai4 yi4 ai i ai あい |
love (female given name) Ai |
我愛 我爱 see styles |
wǒ ài wo3 ai4 wo ai ga-ai |
Self-love; the love of or attachment to the ego, arising with the eighth vijñāna. |
親愛 亲爱 see styles |
qīn ài qin1 ai4 ch`in ai chin ai shinai しんあい |
dear; beloved; darling (1) deep affection; (adjectival noun) (2) (often in the opening of a letter as 親愛なる) dear; beloved; (given name) Shin'ai To love, beloved. |
少年愛 see styles |
shounenai / shonenai しょうねんあい |
(1) pederasty; boy love; (2) (manga slang) (See ボーイズラブ) shōnen-ai (manga subgenre depicting romantic relationships between boys); boys' love |
無明業愛 无明业爱 see styles |
wú míng yè ài wu2 ming2 ye4 ai4 wu ming yeh ai mumyō gō ai |
ajñānakarmatṛṣṇā. Ignorance, karma, desire— the three forces that cause reincarnation. |
アイ・ラブ・ユー see styles |
ai rabu yuu / ai rabu yu アイ・ラブ・ユー |
(expression) (slang) (kana only) I love you |
愛羅武勇(ateji) see styles |
airabuyuu; ai rabu yuu; airabuyuu(sk); airabuyuu(sk) / airabuyu; ai rabu yu; airabuyu(sk); airabuyu(sk) アイラブユー; アイ・ラブ・ユー; あいらぶゆう(sk); あいらぶゆー(sk) |
(expression) (kana only) (the kanji is a pun) I love you |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Love | 愛 爱 | ai | ài / ai4 / ai | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
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When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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