恋
こい · koi · JLPT N3 · noun
love
🐟❤️ Love (koi) sounds like koi carp; the 心 heart sits at the bottom of 恋
恋 is 亦 over 心 (heart). The old form 戀 put the heart under 䜌, threads tangled between words, so love is a tangled heart. Koi carp (鯉) is a homophone, which is why carp are a pun for love in Japan.