拐

See also: 招, 枴, and 柺

拐 U+62D0, 拐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D0 ← 拏 [U+62CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 拑 → [U+62D1]

Translingual

Japanese	拐
Simplified	拐
Traditional	拐

Alternative forms

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

Han character

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

Related characters

• 柺

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		拐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (枴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
箉	*ɡʷroːlʔ
拐	*ɡʷroːlʔ
枴	*kʷroːlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷroːlʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 冎 (OC *kroːlʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎi (guai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kóai
• Min Nan (POJ): koái / koāiⁿ
• Wu (Wiktionary): kua (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˇ
    • Wade–Giles: kuai3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goai
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaai²
    • Yale: gwáai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷäːi̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóai
    • Hakka Romanization System: guai`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guai³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯ai̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koái
    • Tâi-lô: kuái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koae
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kuai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuai⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koāiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kuāinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuãi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuãi²²/

Note: koāiⁿ - 擓 is used in the Mainland.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kua (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯa̱³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡˠɛ^X/

Rime
Character	拐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	求蟹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠɛX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚæX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡæiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gaɨjX/
Li Rong	/ɡɛX/
Wang Li	/ɡaiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gaiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷroːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拐
Reading #	1/1
No.	4403
Phonetic component	枴
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	箉
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷroːlʔ/
Notes	餘校爲柺

Definitions

拐

1. to turn

   請右拐。 / 请右拐。  ―  Qǐng yòu guǎi.  ―  Please turn right.

   請左拐。 / 请左拐。  ―  Qǐng zuǒ guǎi.  ―  Please turn left.

2. to kidnap; to abduct
3. to misappropriate
4. crutches

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 轉 (“to turn; to make a turn; to change direction”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		轉, 拐
Mandarin	Beijing	拐
	Taiwan	轉
	Malaysia	轉
	Singapore	轉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Macau	轉
	Kuala Lumpur	轉
	Singapore	轉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斡
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	斡
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	斡
	Dongshi (Dabu)	斡
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	斡
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	斡
Min Nan	Xiamen	斡
	Quanzhou	斡
	Zhangzhou	斡
	Tainan	斡
	Penang (Hokkien)	彎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	斡
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	斡
	Chaozhou	斡
	Shantou	斡

Compounds

• 一拐一拐
• 一瘸一拐 (yīquéyīguǎi)
• 七拐八彎／七拐八弯
• 七繞八拐／七绕八拐
• 三拐兒／三拐儿
• 丟拐／丢拐
• 刁拐
• 刁風拐月／刁风拐月
• 匿拐
• 右拐
• 坑​蒙​拐​騙／坑​蒙​拐​骗
• 大拐
• 孤拐
• 孤拐臉／孤拐脸
• 孤拐面
• 小拐
• 左拐
• 拄拐 (zhǔguǎi)
• 拐兒／拐儿
• 拐子 (guǎizi)
• 拐子臉／拐子脸
• 拐子頭／拐子头
• 拐子馬／拐子马

• 拐孤
• 拐帶／拐带
• 拐帶人口／拐带人口
• 拐彎／拐弯 (guǎiwān)
• 拐彎兒／拐弯儿 (guǎiwānr)
• 拐彎抹角／拐弯抹角 (guǎiwānmòjiǎo)
• 拐抓
• 拐杖 (guǎizhàng)
• 拐枕
• 拐棍 (guǎigùn)
• 拐棍兒／拐棍儿
• 拐步
• 拐盜／拐盗
• 拐肘 (guǎizhǒu)
• 拐著彎／拐著弯
• 拐裨子
• 拐角 (guǎijiǎo)
• 拐角處／拐角处
• 拐角處遇見幸福／拐角处遇见幸福
• 拐誘／拐诱
• 拐賣／拐卖 (guǎimài)
• 拐走

• 拐跑
• 拐進／拐进
• 拐門／拐门
• 拐騙／拐骗 (guǎipiàn)
• 拐點／拐点 (guǎidiǎn)
• 拿拐
• 曲裡拐彎／曲里拐弯
• 曲里拐彎／曲里拐弯
• 木拐梯子
• 架拐
• 柳拐子病 (liǔguǎizibìng)
• 繞拐／绕拐
• 羊拐
• 胳膊肘往外拐
• 腳骨拐／脚骨拐
• 誘拐／诱拐 (yòuguǎi)
• 誘拐者／诱拐者
• 豬拐子／猪拐子
• 辣拐子
• 鐵拐李／铁拐李
• 雙拐／双拐
• 龍頭拐杖／龙头拐杖

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Japanese

Kanji

拐

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
• Kun: かたる (kataru, 拐る)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
拐
かい Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 拐 (MC ɡˠɛ^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠i]

Affix

拐(かい) • (kai) 

1. kidnap; abduct; falsify

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 拐 (MC ɡˠɛ^X).

Hanja

拐 (eumhun 속일 괴 (sogil goe))

1. Hanja form^? of 괴 (“kidnap; abduct; falsify”).

Compounds

• 유괴 (誘拐, yugoe, “abduction; kidnapping”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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