爱 ài
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 爫 — claws, nails, talons
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
爱慕
àimù
to adore; to admire affectionately
Characters in this word
慕 mù
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺗ — heart
- Made of
- 莫 cannot ⺗ heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他对那位女作家的爱慕，最初源于文字，后来才变成现实中的追求。 Tā duì nà wèi nǚ zuòjiā de àimù, zuìchū yuányú wénzì, hòulái cái biàn chéng xiànshí zhōng de zhuīqiú. His admiration for that female writer first came from her words and only later turned into a pursuit in real life.
- 她一直默默爱慕着那位钢琴老师。 Tā yìzhí mòmò àimù zhe nà wèi gāngqín lǎoshī. She has quietly adored that piano teacher all along.
- 少年对邻家姐姐的爱慕，藏在每天清晨的问候里。 Shàonián duì lín jiā jiějie de àimù, cáng zài měitiān qīngchén de wènhòu lǐ. The boy's affection for the girl next door hid in his greeting every morning.