拐

See also: 招

Translingual

shinjitai	拐
simplified	拐
traditional	拐

Alternative forms

Note that Chinese uses 另 (力), while Japanese uses 叧 (刀).

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 另 – to grab with the hand and abduct.

Japanese form replaces 另 with 叧, yielding: Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 叧

Han character

拐 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手口大尸 (QRKS), 手口尸竹 (QRSH), four-corner 5602₇, composition ⿰扌另, ⿰扌叧)

1. kidnap, abduct
2. turn

Related characters

• 柺

References

• KangXi: page 425, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11955
• Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1853, character 3
• Unihan data for U+62D0

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Cantonese

Hanzi

拐 (Jyutping gwaai2, Yale gwaai2)

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Japanese

Kanji

拐

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: げ (ge)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kun: かたる (kataru)

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Korean

Hanja

拐 (goe) (hangeul 괴, revised goe, McCune-Reischauer koe, Yale koy)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

拐 (Pinyin guǎi (guai3), Wade-Giles kuai³)

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Compounds

• 拐杖 (guǎizhàng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

拐 (quảy, quải, quái, quẩy, quay, quày, quầy)

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