拐 (guǎi)

to turn; to swindle; to limp

How 拐 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
扌 — hand
Traditional
拐
Simplified
拐 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 拐

拐騙 guǎipiàn
swindle; abduct
拐彎 guǎiwān
to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
拐杖 guǎizhàng
crutches; crutch; walking stick
拐角 guǎijiǎo
to turn a corner
拐賣 guǎimài
human trafficking; to abduct and sell; to kidnap and sell
拐點 guǎidiǎn
turning point; breaking point; inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
拐子 guǎizi
crutch; (derogatory) lame person; kidnapper
拐彎兒 guǎiwānr
erhua variant of 拐彎|拐弯, to go round a curve; to turn a corner; fig. a new direction
拐彎處 guǎiwānchù
corner; bend
拐棍 guǎigùn
cane; walking stick
曲裡拐彎 qūlǐguǎiwān
winding and turning (idiom)
誘拐 yòuguǎi
to abduct; to kidnap

拐 in a sentence

過了那個路口往左拐。

Guòle nàge lùkǒu wǎng zuǒ guǎi.

“Turn left after passing that intersection.”

How common is 拐?

拐 is the 2,227th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.9% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 拐

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