拐

guǎi = gu + ai3

to turn (a corner etc) / to kidnap / to swindle / to misappropriate / seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1]) / variant of 枴|拐[guai3]

拐 = 另 + 扌 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) is turning round and round (拐) her distiller (另) in the airplane (ai3) while using a toy claw (扌) as a cane (拐). She wants to distill chloroform to sedate and kidnap (拐) children.

拐

枴

guǎi = gu + ai3

cane / walking stick / crutch / old man's staff

拐

柺

guǎi = gu + ai3

variant of 枴|拐[guai3]

拐 character breakdown

拐
- 另
  - 力
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
  - 口
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

另

lìng = li + (e)ng4

other / another / separate / separately

另 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: to separate two liquids, one can use a distiller.

另 = 力 + 口 : In engine's bathroom Li Qingzhao wants to distill a liquor out of mandarins, but she can't find a wall plug to plug the distiller's power cable in.

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.