援
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to help; to assist; to aid
Formation & memory
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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 with 援
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后援会 | support group (e.g. for an election candidate); fan club | |
| 援助之手 | a helping hand | |
| 人道救援 | humanitarian aid | |
| 军事援助 | military aid | |
| 围城打援 | to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice t… | |
| 防化救援 | antichemical rescue | |
| 抗美援朝 | Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan) | |
| 援助交际 | Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men g… | |
| 孤立无援 | isolated and without help | |
| 弹尽援绝 | out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits | |
| 援交小姐 | girl who engages in enjo-kōsai; see also 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] | |
| 无援 | without support; helpless | |
| 援手 | assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand | |
| 法援 | legal aid (abbr. for 法律援助[fa3 lu : 4 yuan2 zhu4]) | |
| 技术援助 | technical assistance | |
| 外援 | foreign aid; external aid; (sports) foreign player; player recruited from overseas | |
| 援助机构 | relief agency; emergency service; rescue organization | |
| 后援 | reinforcement; back-up; supporting force | |
| 援用 | to quote; to cite | |
| 援交 | abbr. for 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] |