KIDNAP

拐　カイ

JY F1962 8 strokes 308
COMPOUND
Kidnap, abduct
誘拐・ゆうかい・kidnap, abduct
拐帯・かいたい・defraud, abscond, swindle

“hand” and originally a variant of “bone” (i.e. what is on left of 別) also with phonetic meaning of bend etc – so originally meant bend ones arm around something to acquire it in a furtive or illegal manner, hence began to mean kidnap or deceive. Remember “cut hand and mouth in kidnap”.