漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
援: abet, help
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JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 爰(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 爰 gives the sound
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
エンen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 援助えんじょ
- 支援しえんsupport; backing; aid
- 応援おうえん
- 救援きゅうえんrelief; rescue
- 後援こうえんsupport; backing
- 援護えんごsupport; help; backing
- 声援せいえん
- 義援金ぎえんきんdonation money (esp. disaster relief or…
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand, as 扌 (meaning) + 爰 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 援 (rev. 93443958), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side援 abet · 扌
vs媛 beautiful woman · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yuán
Same form: 援 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 援 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 援 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yuán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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