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愛 means 'love'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 287   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-7    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 20    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 180 words   Used in 320 words   Used in 2411 names   Component in 10 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   アイ
Additional readings
Kun    まな   いとしい   かなしい   めでる   おしむ
Name    あ   あし   え   かな   なる   めぐ   めぐみ   よし   ちか
Variants
爱 (Chinese)  
Components
⿳  ⺤ (爪) claw  ⿻  冖 cover; covered  心 heart  夂 go  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 愛 is used 12 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 愛 is used 288 times, read 6 ways (with 1 variation).
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アイ : 270 words FIND ALL
あ い じ ょ う 0
love; affection
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まな : 3 words FIND ALL
ま な で し 0
noun
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
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いとしい : 7 words FIND ALL
い と し い 3
lovely; dear; beloved; darling  (often written with kana only)
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めでる : 5 words FIND ALL
expression
and they all lived happily ever after (traditional ending to stories)  (see also: 愛でたし; often written with kana only)
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かなしい : 1 word FIND ALL
か な し み 0 か な し み 3
Most common form: 悲しみ
noun
1. sadness; sorrow; grief
2. affection; love  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 愛しみ)
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おしむ : 1 word FIND ALL
お し む 2
Most common form: 惜しむ
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be frugal; to be sparing
2. to value; to hold dear
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え: 1 word. FIND ALL
え ひ め け ん 3
noun
Ehime prefecture (Shikoku)
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An additional いと.しい less common words include 愛 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 441 (originally: 417)  Joy o' Kanji : 417  Key to Kanji: 1 

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愛
アイ    love   
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夂
go
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冖
cover; covered   
心
シン   こころ heart   
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
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