U+611B "愛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
愛
U+611B "愛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram representing the concept of love, affection, or care, widely used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems where it is pronounced as ài in Mandarin, ai in Japanese, and ae in Korean. Its composition in traditional script combines the components for heart (心) with breath or giving (夂 and 爫), symbolically conveying the idea of love as a heartfelt connection or a nurturing presence. This character appears in countless cultural expressions, from classical poetry to modern media, and is often associated with deep emotional bonds, compassion, and altruism, making it one of the most recognizable and meaningful symbols across East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+611B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 愛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 愛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x84 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x611B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000611B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u611b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B752 |
| kCCCII | 213E77 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6378 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6378 |
| kCangjie | BBPE |
| kCantonese | oi3 |
| kCihaiT | 538.101 |
| kCowles | 3099 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0732.020 |
| kDefinition | love, be fond of, like |
| kEACC | 213E77 |
| kFanqie | 烏代 |
| kFenn | 411A |
| kFennIndex | 2.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2024.7 |
| kGB1 | 1614 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0508a |
| kHangul | 애:0E |
| kHanYu | 42323.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | ài(1137) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42323.010:ài |
| kHKGlyph | 1391 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0732.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42323.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0395.130 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-302E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B752 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3026 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FCF1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6471 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6378 |
| kJapanese | アイ エ おしむ めでる いとしい かなしい |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | MEDERU OSHIMU ITOSHII |
| kJapaneseOn | AI |
| kJis0 | 1606 |
| kKangXi | 0395.130 |
| kKarlgren | 3 |
| kKorean | AY |
| kLau | 2427 |
| kMandarin | ài |
| kMatthews | 9 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2147 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ011752 MJ011752:E0101 MJ011751:E0102 MJ057515:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 10947:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2829 |
| kPhonetic | 994 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1130+34.3.10 C+1130+61.4.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 61.9 |
| kSBGY | 390.35 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "爱" U+7231 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 227.16 144.15 407.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | ài粵oi3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1947 |
| kTang | *qə̀i |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 242:126 |
| kXHC1983 | 0004.111:ài |