Chinese Character 拐 Meanings and components.

Form

拐

Meaning

拐 meaning[3] in English

To Turn (A Corner Etc).

To Kidnap.

To Swindle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 拐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and other (另)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QRSH

How to write 拐

To write拐guai3to turn … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 另ling4other arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 另 = 拐

拐 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 拐 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 拐, looks as follow:

拐
Pinyin:guai3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Turn (A Corner Etc) . To Kidnap . To Swindle . To Misappropriate . Walking Stick . Crutch . Seven (Used As A Substitute For 七[Qi1])
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
另
Pinyin:ling4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Other . Another . Separate . Separately
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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