拐
kidnap, falsify
Readings
On'yomi
- カイ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
拐 centers on taking something away by deception or force: kidnapping a person or falsifying something to make it seem other than it is.
Most common words using 拐
- 誘拐ゆうかいN1
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
- デジタル誘拐デジタルゆうかい
digital kidnapping
- 拐かすかどわかす
to kidnap
- 拐取かいしゅ
abduction; kidnapping
- 拐帯かいたい
absconding with money
- 拐引かいいん
carrying off by deception; kidnap
- 狂言誘拐きょうげんゆうかい
fake kidnapping; staged kidnapping
- 略取誘拐罪りゃくしゅゆうかいざい
kidnapping; kidnaping
- 誘拐事件ゆうかいじけん
kidnapping; kidnaping
- 誘拐婚ゆうかいこん
marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
- 誘拐犯ゆうかいはん
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
- 誘拐犯人ゆうかいはんにん
a kidnapper; an abductor
- 誘拐罪ゆうかいざい
(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)
- 誘拐者ゆうかいしゃ
abductor
Study
Etymology
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.
Meaning mnemonic
A hand (扌) beside a mouth (口) and a knife (刀) suggests using force or trickery to take someone away or alter the truth.
Reading mnemonic
For カイ, imagine a kidnapper using a kite as a signal: kite -> カイ, and the hand grabs the victim.