TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
拐
拐 ＝ 扌 ＋ 叧
ㄍㄨㄞˇ · guǎi
verb/noun — to turn (a corner); to limp; to abduct; a cane
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義the hand
叧聲guǎi — a mouth (口) and a knife (刀); gives the soundrare on its own — you meet it almost only here
The hand (扌) helps the body change line — to turn, to lean on a cane, and from there to lead a person off course. 叧 guǎi carries the sound; it shows up almost nowhere else. 拐彎 rounds a corner, 拐杖 is the cane, 拐騙 leads astray.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）扶著一根杖，腳下一彎，整個人轉了向。
A hand (扌) braces on a stick, the feet hook around, and the whole body changes course.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拐彎— to turn a corner常用
→拐杖— a cane, crutch — the thing turned-leaned on常用
⇒拐騙、拐賣— to abduct, swindle — to lead off course
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
枴guǎithe close kin — same sound, but 枴 puts 木 for the wooden cane別biéshares the 另/-shaped right piece — but 別 is to part, to differ