[No.0032 Kanji] Crush

Continuing love romance related kanji, today I'm introducing above. Here you can check previous post.

Example:
わたし、彼（かれ）に恋（こい）しちゃったみたい。－ I seem to fall in love with him.
(watashi kare ni koi shichatta mitai)

恋愛（れんあい）って難（むずか）しいよね。－ Love romance is very difficult.
(renai tte muzukashii yone)


Do you understand the difference between 愛（あい/ai） and 恋（こい/koi）? 愛（あい/ai） is a feeling to love someone. 恋(こい/koi） is a situation to be fallen in love with someone. If you have not checked the previous post or want to find out more, click [No.0031 Kanji ] Love.


And 亦 part of 恋 expresses a person holding something both side. Can you see it?

Etymology:
In old days, 恋 was written as 戀.

戀 is made of 糸, 言, 糸, and 心, describing a mind(心：こころ/kokoro） which can't tell its feeling because it is getting entangled with line（糸：いと/ito). In that day, they were not allowed to love someone freely, and there were few communication ways.


It was first time for me as well to learn the origin of this kanji, but it was very romantic. The more I learn about the origin of Japanese kanji, the more I get attracted to Japanese culture and mind. I'm really proud of Japan.

[No.0031 Kanji ] Love

I think some of you have already known this kanji. Do you? This is a kanji meaning "love".

Example:
わたしはあなたを愛（あい）している。－ I love you.
(watashi wa anata wo ai shiteru)

儚（はかな）い愛（あい）。－A fleeting love.
(hakanai ai)

#The second one is a review for you. Do you remember the kanji meaning fleeting?


As for etymology, 愛 is originally come from 3 parts below.

・心（こころ）－ a mind
・夂（足をひきずる）－ appearance of a person dragging his/her feet.
・旡（人が胸をつまらせてのけぞったさま）－ appearance of a person bending backward.

In conclusion, appearance that someone can't walk ahead with a broken heart. It is really romantic origin, isn't it? Have your ever loved anyone like this?


There is other similar word, 恋（こい：koi）. If you can tell the difference between the two, visit this article,[No.0032 Kanji] Crush

[N0. 0027 Kanji] Enjoy / Easy

This kanji has two meaning. The one is "easy", and the other is "to enjoy".

Example:
今日（きょう）のテストは楽（らく）だったね。－ Today's exam was easy.
(kyou no tesuto ha raku dattane)

昨日（きのう）は楽（たの）しかった！－ I had a great time yesterday.
(kinou ha tanoshikatta)


I think you are likely to meet this kanji in Japanese sentences. If you have good time with Japanese, please do say 「楽しかったよ」 to him/her. He/She would feel happy to hear that. Of course, I hope you enjoy KANJI.COM.


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[No.0020 Kanji] Like

If you want to tell your feeling to someone, you might use this Kanji. This kanji basically indicates "to like".

Example:
あなたのことが好き(すき)です。　－ I like you or I love you.
(anata no koto ga suki desu.)

彼(かれ)/彼女(かのじょ)、好み(このみ)なんだよね。　－ He/She is my type.
(Kare/kanojo, konomi nandayone.)

It has other ways to pronounce, but we'll tell you next time.

As for etymology, it seems that there are some streams. What I like is most: the kanji expresses that a mother taking care of her kid.

Looking for an origin of kanji is very interesting, isn't it? Most of Japanese don't know much about it. So you must be familiar with kanji more than Japanese if you could keep learning about kanii at KANJI.COM ;)


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