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    The component parts for the character for "ai", meaning 'love' in Mandarin Chinese, are given with explanations. A simple and beautiful conceptual representation for a concept whose meaning seems to have been clouded or forgotten or skewed by many of us. Let us remember the proverb "Love me little, love me long." Love endures when when it is moderate and shared over time.

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    etymology of the traditional Chinese character for love

    = heartfelt holding of hands in summer


    traditional. simplified pinyin

    lin

    The top part comes from the top part of the word receive
    (which maybe has the hand character in it) traditional pinyin

    shu > do >>

    >>

    > bear; stand; endure; receive to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive

    The middle part is the word for heart

    xn

    heart; mind

    The bottom part comes from the bottom part of the word for summer xi
    summer

    original, less graphic explanation given at chineseetymology.com

    graphics and research: stedawa

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