拐
guǎi · HSK 6
to turn
Hand (扌) + other (另) = hand steers another way
The hand radical signals action. 另 means other or another. Together they say: redirect someone or something another way — turning a corner, or leading a person astray through kidnapping or swindling.
拐 — hand radical 扌 + 另 (another)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 indicates an action done with the hand, while 另 ('another, separate') suggests turning aside or diverging. Originally meaning a walking stick or crutch, 拐 extended to verbs like 'to turn (a corner)' and later 'to kidnap/abduct'.