拐

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to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]); variant of 枴|拐[guai3]

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To take another 另 by force 扌

Components 扌另

turn · Heisig RSH #740

fingers + 另 another

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
石拐区	Shí guǎi Qū	Shiguai, a district of Baotou City 包頭市\|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
拐角处	guǎi jiǎo chù	street corner
李铁拐	Lǐ Tiě guǎi	Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking aro…
铁拐李	Tiě guǎi Lǐ	see 李鐵拐\|李铁拐[Li3 Tie3 guai3]
拐子	guǎi zi	crutch; (derog.) lame person; kidnapper
大拐	dà guǎi	to turn left (Shanghainese)
小拐	xiǎo guǎi	to turn right (Shanghainese)
石拐	Shí guǎi	see 石拐區\|石拐区[Shi2 guai3 Qu1]
拐点	guǎi diǎn	turning point; breaking point; inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the cur…
七湾八拐	qī wān bā guǎi	variant of 七彎八拐\|七弯八拐[qi1 wan1 ba1 guai3]
曲里拐弯	qū lǐ guǎi wān	winding and turning (idiom)
拐角	guǎi jiǎo	to turn a corner; corner
双拐	shuāng guǎi	crutches
脚孤拐	jiǎo gū guai	bunion; hallux valgus
向左拐	xiàng zuǒ guǎi	to turn left
七弯八拐	qī wān bā guǎi	(idiom) twisting and turning; (idiom) tricky and complicated
拐弯儿	guǎi wān r	erhua variant of 拐彎\|拐弯[guai3 wan1]
向右拐	xiàng yòu guǎi	to turn right
顺拐	shùn guǎi	to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking
拐卖	guǎi mài	human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell