Know it?: Why does "heart" disappear from the word "love"?

In Chinese, the word "love" (Ai) changed dramatically from the language reform to Simplified Chinese in the 1950s.

1.former: with "heart" ()

Traditional Chinese, the word love is written like this:

If we separate the components, in the middle of the letter is the word xin, which means "heart."

Ideas: Chinese ancestors saw that true love always had a "heart" in the middle, requiring feelings, compassion and openness.

2.Present: without "heart"

When changed to an abbreviation to make it easier to write, the middle xin (heart) was cut away, and replaced with a (Y u) that means "friend" (in some fonts), or just a blank dash remains today:

until the philosophical parody: "," "," "Qn bà jià n, à i wú xen).

It means: "A relative has not found a face (because the abbreviation of the word relative has cut off the" look ") and heartless love."

Even linguistically, it's a simplification for convenience, but in terms of "relationships," we can take down the lesson:

Love without Heart:

In today's rushed world, we sometimes "love" in name, or love because it is a function (like an easy-to-write abbreviation), we care about physical comfort, but forget the feelings inside, so that we become "heartbroken" love.

Changing "heart" to "friendship":

In a positive light, some of the abbreviations are linked to the word "friend," teaching that the most enduring love is love based on "companionship," understanding, forgiveness, and being side by side on a day when the overtones of "heart" diminish.

Filling the "mind" back to itself:

Language may force us to write without heart, but in real life we have the right to add "Xin" back to every action, no matter how much the letter on the paper changes, but Mindfulness is what we have to create.