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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
挽 character · TOCFL 5 (est.)
挽 ＝ 扌 ＋ 免
ㄨㄢˇ · wǎn
verb — to pull, draw back; to save, retrieve; to roll up

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義the hand
免聲miǎn — gives the sounda figure squeezing out, getting free
I≠miǎn → wǎn — the m thinned to w, an irregular jump
The hand (扌) draws something back toward itself — to pull in, to haul back. 免 miǎn carries the sound, the m thinned to w. From hauling back: 挽回、挽救、挽起.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

事情快滑走了，手（扌）一把拉住，硬挽了回來。
The thing is slipping away; the hand (扌) seizes it and hauls it back.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)拉、牽挽— to pull, draw back
→挽回、挽救— to save, retrieve常用
⇒挽起、挽袖— to roll up (one's sleeves)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
免miǎnthe bare figure getting free, before the hand reached in輓wǎnthe cart-pulling kin — vehicle 車, hauling a load