Hanja Analyzer
援

援 — won

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
도울 원
Romanization
won
English
aid, assist; lead; cite
Mandarin
yuán
Japanese on'yomi
エン, オン, カン, ガン
Japanese kun'yomi
たすけ たすける ひく
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#312 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
手 (64, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
爰
Unicode
U+63F4

Parts that make up 援

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 爰 이에 원sound 손에서 손으로 건네는 모양‘원·완’ 계열의 소리

How 援 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 援 as a ideographic compound involving 手, 爰.

Korean example words with 援

  • 내원來援 Korean gloss: 와서 도와줌
  • 무원無援 Korean gloss: 아무런 도움이 없음
  • 성원聲援 Korean gloss: 소리를 질러 응원함
  • 원군援軍 Korean gloss: 전투에서 자기편을 도와주는 군대
  • 원병援兵 Korean gloss: 전투에서 자기편을 도와주는 군대
  • 구원救援 Korean gloss: 인류를 죽음과 고통과 죄악에서 건져 내는 일
  • 열원하다熱援 Korean gloss: 열렬히 응원하다
  • 후원하다後援 Korean gloss: 뒤에서 도와주다
  • 원호하다援護 Korean gloss: 돕고 보살펴 주다
  • 지원되다支援 Korean gloss: 지지되어 도움을 받다
  • 원조되다援助 Korean gloss: 물품이나 돈 따위로 도움을 받다
  • 증원되다增援 Korean gloss: 사람 수가 더 늘어나 보탬이 되다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 援

  • 援助えんじょ assistance; aid; support
  • 支援しえん support; backing; aid
  • 応援おうえん aid; assistance; help
  • 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 (shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting
  • 義援金ぎえんきん donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution
  • 援軍えんぐん reinforcement
  • 無援むえん helpless; unsupporting
  • 援用えんよう quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation
  • 増援ぞうえん reinforcement (e.g. of troops)

Characters sharing the phonetic 爰

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “원”

Other hanja with radical 手

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