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 mainland Chinese and Korean use 另 (力), while Taiwanese Chinese and Japanese use 叧 (刀).

Han character

拐 (Kangxi 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

Derived characters

𮛠, 箉

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

trad.		拐
simp. ^#		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 / 形声, OC *ɡʷroːlʔ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 冎 (OC *kroːlʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): guǎi (guai³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄞˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guai³
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaai²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kóai

(Hailu, HRS): guai^ˊ
Eastern Min (BUC): guāi
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guei³ / guai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koái / koāiⁿ
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kua

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄞˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎi
  - Wade–Giles: kuai³
  - Yale: gwǎi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goai
  - Palladius: гуай (guaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯aɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: guai³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guai
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwaai²
  - Yale: gwáai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guai²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóai
  - Hakka Romanization System: guai^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guai³
  - Sinological IPA: /ku̯ai̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: guai^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /kuai²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guei³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: guâi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuei⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuei³³²/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɐi⁴⁵³/
- (Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuai³³²/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kua
  - MiniDict: kua^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kua
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kua³⁴/

Middle Chinese: geaX

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
Baxter	geaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠɛ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚæ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡæi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gaɨj^X/
Li Rong	/ɡɛ^X/
Wang Li	/ɡai^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gai^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaai⁶

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

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.
to kidnap; to abduct
to misappropriate
walking stick; cane
拄拐 ― zhǔguǎi ― to walk with a cane
the numeral seven (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
(Sichuanese) wrong; incorrect

Synonyms

(to turn):

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		轉, 拐
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拐
	Taiwan	轉
	Malaysia	轉
	Singapore	轉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	轉
	Hong Kong	轉
	Macau	轉
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	轉
	Penang (Guangfu)	轉
	Singapore (Guangfu)	轉
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	斡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	斡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	斡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	斡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	斡
Southern Min	Xiamen	斡
	Quanzhou	斡
	Zhangzhou	斡
	Tainan	斡
	Penang (Hokkien)	彎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	斡
	Manila (Hokkien)	斡
	Chaozhou	斡
	Shantou	斡

(walking stick):

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手杖 (shǒuzhàng)
扶杖 (fúzhàng) (literary)
拐子 (guǎizi)
拄拐 (zhǔguǎi) (literary)
拐杖 (guǎizhàng)
拄杖 (zhǔzhàng) (literary)
拐棍 (guǎigùn)
文明棍 (wénmínggùn) (dated)
青藜 (qīnglí) (literary)

(seven): 七 (qī)
(wrong):

Dialectal synonyms of 錯 (“wrong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		過誤, 誤, 謬, 謬誤, 訛
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錯, 不對, 錯誤
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錯, 左
	Taiwan	錯, 不對
	Malaysia	錯, 不對
	Singapore	錯, 不對
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	錯, 差
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	錯
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	錯
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錯, 拐
	Wuhan	錯, 左
	Guilin	錯
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	差
	Yangzhou	錯
	Hefei	錯
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong	錯, 唔啱
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	錯
	Macau	錯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	錯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	唔啱
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	錯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	錯
	Foshan	錯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	錯
	Foshan (Shunde)	錯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	錯, 唔啱
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	錯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	錯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	錯
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	錯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	錯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	錯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	錯
	Taishan	錯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	錯
	Enping (Niujiang)	錯
	Heshan (Yayao)	錯
	Dongguan	錯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	錯
	Yangjiang	錯
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔啱, 錯
Gan	Nanchang	錯
Gan	Lichuan	錯
Hakka	Meixian	差, 唔啱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	錯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	錯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	錯
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	錯
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	錯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	唔著
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	唔著
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	唔著
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	唔著
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	唔著
Jin	Taiyuan	錯, 不對, 差
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	賺
Eastern Min	Matsu	賺
Southern Min	Xiamen	賺, 毋著
	Quanzhou	賺, 毋著
	Shishi	賺
	Zhangzhou	賺, 毋著
	Zhao'an	毋著
	Taipei	毋著
	Kaohsiung	毋著
	Penang (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著, 賺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	salah, 毋著
	Manila (Hokkien)	毋著, 賺
	Chaozhou	賺
	Shantou	賺, 唔對, 唔著
	Jieyang	賺
	Singapore (Teochew)	salah, 唔著, 賺
	Leizhou	無著
	Wenchang	無著
	Haikou	錯
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無著
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	錯, 唔啱
Wu	Shanghai	錯
	Suzhou	錯
	Ningbo	錯, 賺
	Wenzhou	賺
	Jinhua	賺
Xiang	Changsha	錯, 左
Xiang	Shuangfeng	造, 錯

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 (yòuguǎi)
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 (zuǒguǎi)
性誘拐 / 性诱拐 (xìngyòuguǎi)
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 (guǎidài)
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
拄拐 (zhǔguǎi)
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
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 (làguǎizi)
鐵拐李 / 铁拐李
雙拐 / 双拐
龍頭拐杖 / 龙头拐杖

Descendants

→? Vietnamese: Cuội^[1]

References

^ Nguyễn Hùng Vĩ (2014) “Từ điển cũng... cuội”, in Văn Việt‎^[1] (in Vietnamese)

“拐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “拐”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 156.