Keyword
love
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig796
Readings
あい
(51%)
わい
(24%)
わゆ
(18%)
いと
(3%)
まな
(1%)
Composed of
claw (radical)
roof without a chimney
heart
late winter
Mnemonic

It's a very dark and cold late winter, with the ground below me frozen to the bone. Something is scratching with its claws on the roof of my house... It's a good thing I don't have a chimney through which it could get inside, but it still filled me with dread, with my heart racing like it never had before. Suddenly at that moment the only thing I could think of are those who I love, and if that thing gets inside then I'll never see them again...

Used in kanji (3 in total)
unclear
interjection
clouds
Used in vocabulary (418 in total)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
Examples (200 in total)
This is cute.
This is really cute.
How cute!