恋 liàn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 亦 also, too 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
恋爱
liàn'ài
to be in love; romance
Characters in this word
爱 ài
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 爫 — claws, nails, talons
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他们恋爱了。 Tāmen liànài le. They fell in love.
- 我想谈恋爱。 Wǒ xiǎng tán liànài. I want to date someone.
- 恋爱很甜。 Liànài hěn tián. Romance is very sweet.