# 愛 — Love

Frequency rank 337 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 士 (Samurai), less common than 容 (Form).

- On’yomi: あい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

A cleat (爫) grips a forehead (冖) above a heart (心) in winter (夂) — even in the coldest winter, the heart holds fast to love.

In words:

- 愛 あい — love
- 愛する あいする — to love
- 愛情 あいじょう — love,affection

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