援
to help; to assist; to aid
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,665 U+63F4
How 援 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To lead 爰 by hand 扌; 爰 also provides the pronunciation
components: 扌 爰
How to remember it
provide assistance · Heisig RSH #2397
fingers + migrating ducks
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 援
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后援会 | hòu yuán huì | support group (e.g. for an election candidate); fan club |
| 援助之手 | yuán zhù zhī shǒu | a helping hand |
| 人道救援 | rén dào jiù yuán | humanitarian aid |
| 军事援助 | jūn shì yuán zhù | military aid |
| 围城打援 | wéi chéng dǎ yuán | to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice t… |
| 防化救援 | fáng huà jiù yuán | antichemical rescue |
| 抗美援朝 | kàng Měi yuán Cháo | Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) |
| 援助交际 | yuán zhù jiāo jì | Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men g… |
| 孤立无援 | gū lì wú yuán | isolated and without help |
| 弹尽援绝 | dàn jìn yuán jué | out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits |
| 援交小姐 | yuán jiāo xiǎo jie | girl who engages in enjo-kōsai; see also 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] |
| 无援 | wú yuán | without support; helpless |
| 援手 | yuán shǒu | assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand |
| 法援 | fǎ yuán | legal aid (abbr. for 法律援助[fa3 lu : 4 yuan2 zhu4]) |
| 技术援助 | jì shù yuán zhù | technical assistance |
| 外援 | wài yuán | foreign aid; external aid; (sports) foreign player; player recruited from overseas |
| 援助机构 | yuán zhù jī gòu | relief agency; emergency service; rescue organization |
| 后援 | hòu yuán | reinforcement; back-up; supporting force |
| 援用 | yuán yòng | to quote; to cite |
| 援交 | yuán jiāo | abbr. for 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] |