Ideographic: To lead 爰 by hand 扌; 爰 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for yuán:

  • - to help
  • - to assist
  • - to aidto help
  • - to support
  • - to aid
  • - aid
  • - assistanceto provide assistance
  • - to support
  • - to backto save
  • - to support
  • - to help
  • - to assistexternal help
  • - foreign aidto quote
  • - to cite
  • - to recommend (one's friend's, associates etc)