恋 liàn love
怎么记住“恋”: 𰁜 as well + 心 heart = love. He buys her flowers and chocolates as well, and his pounding heart tells everyone in the café this is his first love.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
恋 = 𰁜 as well + 心 heart
- 𰁜 as well
- 心 heart
He buys her flowers and chocolates as well, and his pounding heart tells everyone in the café this is his first love.
How it came to be
In the full form the heart below gives the meaning and the part on top gives the sound.
用法
- 恋 is bound and specifically about romantic longing/attachment, distinct from the broader word 爱 (ài) "love".
- 恋爱 (liàn'ài) is the standard noun/verb for a romantic relationship, most often in the set phrase 谈恋爱 (tán liàn'ài) "to date, to be in a relationship".
- 失恋 (shīliàn) means to have one's heart broken / go through a breakup: 他刚失恋 (tā gāng shīliàn) he just went through a breakup.
- 留恋 (liúliàn) and 迷恋 (míliàn) extend 恋 metaphorically to reluctance to leave a place, or being infatuated/obsessed with something, not necessarily a person.