애

Etymology 1
See, of which it is a contraction.

Noun

 * 1)  guy, person usually rather young
 * 1)  guy, person usually rather young
 * 1)  guy, person usually rather young

Usage notes

 * In colloquial Korean, this word is the source of most third-person human pronouns. See below.

Etymology 2
the original meaning being "internal organs". The original sense has been displaced by Sinitic, , and the word survives only in certain expressions.

Noun

 * 1)  anxiety; impatience
 * 2)  trouble; effort
 * 3)  internal organs, especially the intestines
 * 1)  internal organs, especially the intestines
 * 1)  internal organs, especially the intestines

Etymology 3
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Noun

 * 1)  love
 * 2)  ' or "craving", one of the ', the source of human unhappiness
 * 1)  ' or "craving", one of the ', the source of human unhappiness

Suffix

 * 1) -philia

Etymology 4
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Etymology
Semantically, compare.

Noun

 * 1) the inner organs, in particular:
 * 2) the intestines, the guts
 * 3) the gall bladder
 * 4)  the liver
 * 5)  anxiety, impatience
 * 6)  trouble; effort
 * 1)  anxiety, impatience
 * 2)  trouble; effort
 * 1)  trouble; effort