援
Meanings
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- 1.to help
- 2.to assist
- 3.to aid
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Wiktionary
- 1.to pull; to tow; to haul
- 2.to hold; to grasp
- 3.to aid; to assist; to help
- 4.to quote; to cite
- 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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Stroke order
Components
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