U+611B "愛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42323.010
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
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