TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
愛
ㄞˋ · ài
verb — to love; noun — love
字源 FORM — what the parts do
旡聲jì — gave the soundits shape worn into the claw-and-cover above the heart
≠jì → ài — worn past tracing
夊形trailing legs — added by later copyists
A heart (心) at the center. 旡 jì once gave the sound; copying wore its shape into the claw and cover above, and trailing legs (夊) walked in below. Every stroke around it changed; the heart stayed: 愛人、可愛、愛吃.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
雙手捧著一顆心（心），慢慢地（夊）走過去，交到那個人手裡。
Two hands cup a heart (心) and carry it over, step by slow step (夊), into the other's hands.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)愛— to love常用
→愛人、親愛— beloved; dear
→愛吃、愛哭— loves to — the standing habit
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension