拐杖
guǎi zhàng · HSK 7
crutches
🩼 拐 limp/turn + 杖 staff = the staff you lean on when you limp
拐 means to limp or turn aside; 杖 is a rod or staff. Together they name the staff that supports someone who limps: a crutch or walking stick.
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'.