kidnap, falsify
拐 centers on taking something away by deception or force: kidnapping a person or falsifying something to make it seem other than it is.
拐 combines 扌 (hand) with 另, which likely contributes the sound and suggests a hand involved in taking or altering something. The exact historical development of 另 is uncertain.
A hand (扌) beside a mouth (口) and a knife (刀) suggests using force or trickery to take someone away or alter the truth.
For カイ, imagine a kidnapper using a kite as a signal: kite -> カイ, and the hand grabs the victim.
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abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
digital kidnapping
to kidnap
abduction; kidnapping
absconding with money
carrying off by deception; kidnap
fake kidnapping; staged kidnapping
kidnapping; kidnaping
kidnapping; kidnaping
marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
a kidnapper; an abductor
(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)
abductor