Chinese symbol for “cane”
拐
guǎi
Traditional: 枴
cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cane is 拐 (guǎi), defined as: cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cane”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手杖 | shǒu zhàng | cane; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 拐棍 | guǎi gùn | cane; walking stick |
| 藤 | téng | rattan; cane |
| 杖 | zhàng | a staff; a rod |
| 追比 | zhuī bǐ | to flog; to cane (as punishment) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拐杖 | guǎi zhàng | crutches; crutch |
| 诱拐 (誘拐) | yòu guǎi | to abduct; to kidnap |
| 拐卖 (拐賣) | guǎi mài | human trafficking; to abduct and sell |
| 拐弯 (拐彎) | guǎi wān | to go round a curve; to turn a corner |
| 拐骗 (拐騙) | guǎi piàn | swindle; abduct |
| 拐角 | guǎi jiǎo | to turn a corner; corner |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cane”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.