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IDENTITY

àito love; love

HSK 1Top 41

CORE MEANING

to love; love

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to loveHSK1
  2. 2.to like doing somethingHSK2

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
claw radical (zhǎo)
strokes
10
Structure
top-bottom compound
IDS sequence
⿱⿱爫冖友
    • hand/claw element at top
    • a cover
    • friend; the core of the modern simplified form

USAGE

Common words

爱人àirénspouse
可爱kěàicute
爱情àiqíngromantic love
爱好àihàohobby

Graded examples

  • 我爱你。Wǒ ài nǐ.HSK1

    I love you.

  • 他爱看书。Tā ài kàn shū.HSK2

    He loves reading.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A hand (爫) sheltering (冖) a friend (友) — caring is loving.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#41
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-14

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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