to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)

= + 𠂇 : Mnemonic symbol: A pair of swans who are in love.

= + 𠂇 : Albert Einstein hurt himself with a pair of scissors in the airplane's bathroom. He's already laying on a stretcher carried by two swans who are deeply in love with each other, being transported to the next hospital. A hospital... of love.

爱 character breakdown

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.
friend

= 𠂇 + : Maud Younger (y) is unable to take off her boxing gloves (又) in the outhouse's living room (ou3) on her own! Fortunately, a friend (友) comes over and helps her to take off the gloves by cutting them with a pair of scissors (𠂇).
to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: 受 is often used in a negative sense, when something bad happens to the speaker. I thus represent 受 by a stretcher, which is used to transport injured persons.

= + + : Sherlock Holmes lost a boxing fight in the outhouse, and he's lying on a stretcher in the bathroom now. He still has his boxing gloves on. He got beaten so badly that is opponent was even able to shave his head with an electric razor. Nobody had a cover at hand, so he's just provisionally covered with a cooking top.
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)

Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character remind me of a smiling mouth over a beard; thus, I'll represent it by an electric razor. James II of England (zh) uses his electric razor (爫) to shave his beard in the aorta's living room (ao3).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂇 = 丿 + : 𠂇 looks like a pair of scissors. Imagine a pair of scissors (𠂇) cutting open a banana (丿) to find a flute (一) inside.

Characters with 爱 as component

(of daylight) dim / obscure / clandestine / dubious

= + : Albert Einstein (Ø) is clandestinely (暧) meeting a pair of swans who are in love (爱) during the dim (暧) time of the day in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The light is very dim (暧) because they're hiding from the sun (日) so that the sun doesn't know they're all in a messed up shady (暧) love triangle.
fine quality jade
your daughter (honorific)
to belch / (interj. of disapproval)
(interj. of regret)
misty / cloudy sky / dark / obscure

Words with 爱

Eskimo / also called Inuit 因紐特|因纽特
Aisin Gioro, family name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty
intimate / loving
Aiwan Pavilion, on Mt Yuelu 岳麓山 in Hubei, famous beauty spot
Epson, Japanese electronics company
music-loving / philharmonic
Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
to love Hong Kong (usually implying that one also supports the PRC government)
to like looking attractive (usually of girls) / aestheticism
Irish Sea between Ireland and north England
see 愛玉子|爱玉子[ai4 yu4 zi3]
jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子[ai4 yu4 zi3] in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore)
see 愛玉冰|爱玉冰[ai4 yu4 bing1]
jelly fig seed (Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)

Sentences with 爱

爱 currently does not appear in any sentence.