愛
あい · ai · JLPT N3 · noun
love
❤️ ai sounds like I, and 愛 holds 心 (heart) at its core: I love
愛 = 爫 (hand) + 冖 (cover) + 心 (heart) + 夊 (slow feet): a hand sheltering the heart on a slow walk. Simplified Chinese 爱 (ài) dropped the 心; Japanese kept the heart in love.