援

yuán

yuánspelled as üan · 2nd tone — spelling rules

to help · to assist

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 12

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

援=扌+爰

Etymology

To lead 爰 by hand 扌; 爰 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings

to help

to assist

to aid

yuán

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Words with 援 132 total

to save · to support · to help · to assist救援jiù yuán to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)攀援pān yuán domineering; tyrannical畔援pàn yuán to ask for help求援qiú yuán to request help · to appeal (for assistance)请援qǐng yuán to support (a cause)声援shēng yuán

Idioms with 援 17 total Chain

out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits弹尽援绝dàn jìn yuán jué isolated and without help孤立无援gū lì wú yuán to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops围城打援wéi chéng dǎ yuán