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yuán
  1. 1.to help
  2. 2.to assist
  3. 3.to aid

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to pull; to tow; to haul
  2. 2.to hold; to grasp
  3. 3.to aid; to assist; to help
  4. 4.to quote; to cite
  5. 5.to recommend (a person)

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 爰 (OC *ɢʷan). Possibly 爰 was the original form of this character, making it also an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意), see 爰 for more.

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