漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
拐: kidnap, falsify
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 口 and 刀 are drawn in
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 誘拐ゆうかいabduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
- 拐帯かいたいabsconding with money
- 拐取かいしゅabduction; kidnapping
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · guǎi
Same form: 拐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 拐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 拐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guǎi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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