Memory phrase for the character: 援

援

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Meaning

to help, to assist, aid

Pronunciation

 yuán

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)

Mnemonic
 
A hand helps to help.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
爰 to helpThis radical is very similar to love: 爱. Here however, an upper hand 爫 helps a lower hand 又 through a rope ノ in which there are two knots 二.
爫 reaching downwardsShows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
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 Vocabulary

援助 yuán zhù  to help; to support; to aid; aid; assistance
攀援 pān yuán  to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
攀援 pān yuán  

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