What is the Kanji for "Assist" and "Aid"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Assist" and "Aid", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Assist" and "Aid" is "援".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "En".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "扌" means "Hand" . And The component "爰" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "援" mean in japanese?

"援" means "Assist" and "Aid".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

支援: "Support". The verbal noun '支援 (しえん)' means 'support'. It refers to the act of providing assistance, help or backing to someone or something. This can include financial, practical or emotional support. '支援'is commonly used in phrases like '企業の支援' (corporate support) or '医療支援' (medical support). For example: The charity provided financial support to the victims - (その慈善団体は被災者に経済的な支援を提供した). The government gave strong support to the project - (政府はそのプロジェクトに強力な支援を行った).

援助: "Aid" or "Assistance". The Japanese verbal noun '援助 (えんじょ)' means 'aid' or 'assistance'. It refers to providing support, help, or resources to someone in need. This term can be used in various contexts, such as financial aid, humanitarian aid, academic assistance, or emotional support. For example: I received financial aid from the government - (私は政府から財政援助を受けた), The charity organization provides aid to the homeless - (その慈善団体は無家庭者に援助を提供している).

応援: "Support". The verbal noun '応援 (おうえん)' means 'support'. It refers to the act of encouraging, backing, or rooting for someone or something. '応援' is often used in the context of cheering for a sports team or performer, but it can also be applied to any situation where someone provides encouragement and assistance. For example: I want to give my full support to the team - (私はチームに全面的に応援したいと思います). Let's all support the candidate! - (候補者に全員で応援しましょう)。

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "え" is read as "e". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.