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]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,736 U+62D0
How 拐 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To take another 另 by force 扌
How to remember it
turn · Heisig RSH #740
fingers + 另 another
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 拐
| 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 |