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援

Aid
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingたす.ける

Verbs with «援»

支援する応援する援助する

Meanings

  1. aid
  2. abetRtK
  3. help
    彼は貧乏であるが、気位が高くて援助を求めない。He is poor but is too proud to ask for help.tatoeba
    彼は貧しい人に援助の手を差し伸べた。He held out a helping hand to the poor.tatoeba
  4. save
  1. reinforcement

Popular Usage

援助応援救援

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · migrating ducks · claw · vulture · one (一) · friend

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2101

Compound words

彼は彼女を援助してやる必要がありますか。
Does he need to help her?tatoeba
彼は彼らに援助の手を差し伸べるつもりだと言った。
He said he would give a helping hand to them.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

援軍を要請しても来る気配はない
えんぐんをようせいしてもくるけはいはないNo sign of reinforcements coming even though we asked for them.
ホームなのに嫌がらせみたいな応援
ほーむなのにいやがらせみたいなおうえんSupport that feels like harassment even though it's our home ground.
観客は万感の思いをこめ声援を送る
かんきゃくはばんかんのおもいをこめせいえんをおくるThe spectators send their support with all their feelings.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Aid. 扌 (hand) + 爰 (pull up) — reaching out a hand to pull someone up.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 援

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