Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 hand
另 another
口 mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
力 power, force(variations ar: 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)

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