Memory phrase for the character: 拐

拐

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Meaning

to kidnap/to shanghai, to turn, crutch, cane

Pronunciation

 guǎi

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.)

Mnemonic
 
I feel a hand 扌 over my mouth 口 and a force 力 - I am kidnapped!

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
另 another
口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
力 power, forcevariations are: 为 or: to act 办.
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 Vocabulary

拐弯 guǎi wān  to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
拐杖 guǎi zhàng  crutches; crutch; walking stick
双拐 shuāng guǎi  crutches
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi  the elbow turns the wrong way; to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
胳膊肘朝外拐 gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi  

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