Memory phrase for the character: 嗳
嗳
Meaning
(interj. of disapproval), Oh, no! Pronunciation ǎi, ài Explanation Left: mouth 口, right: love 爱 (The hand 爫 that gives you a cover 冖 from above (i.e. a blanket?) is of the friend 友 who loves you.)
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The mouth shouts as a hand (hits) from above the friend's cover (= hat): No! Don't!. Radicals
口
mouth, opening This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
爱
love Note the similarity to the radical “to help” 爰. There, an upper hand 爫 helps a lower hand 又 through a rope ノ with two knots 二.
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