Chinese Character 援 Meanings and components.

Form

援

Meaning

援 meaning[3] in English

To Help.

To Assist.

To Aid.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 援 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Yuan (爰)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QBME

How to write 援

To write援yuan2to help you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 爰yuan2surname Yuan arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 爰 = 援

援 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 援 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 援, looks as follow:

援
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Help . To Assist . To Aid
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
爰
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yuan
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
叐
Pinyin:ba2 Shape:吕
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
友
Pinyin:you3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Friend
𠂇
Pinyin:zuo3 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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