Character: 援
Modern (Beijing) reading: yuán
Preclassic Old Chinese: wan
Classic Old Chinese: wan
Western Han Chinese: wan
Eastern Han Chinese: wan
Early Postclassic Chinese: wan
Middle Postclassic Chinese: wǝn
Late Postclassic Chinese: wǝn
Middle Chinese: wǝn
English meaning : to pull, lift, encourage; assist
Russian meaning[s]: 1) выдвигать; поддерживать; 2) поддерживать, помогать; спасать; 3) основываться на...; на основании; 4) приводить, цитировать
Comments: Also read *wran-s, MC wèn (whence Viet. viện) id. For *w- cf. Xiamen uan2; Chaozhou ueŋ4, Fuzhou uoŋ6 ( < *wran-s).
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 5976
Karlgren code: 0255 e
Vietnamese reading: viện
