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恋

こい

love, romance

Mnemonic

The heart 心 in a tangle, which is the falling sort rather than the settled sort. She is coy about it and it is showing on her face anyway: こい.

Worth knowing

愛 あい is love as something steady you carry about, and 大好き だいすき is loving a thing casually. 恋 is falling for somebody, and it is the 恋 in 恋人.

Built from

romantic love
心 a heart at the bottom with everything tangled up above it. The romantic sort, not the steady sort.

Words sharing these kanji

lover, sweetheart

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