挽

A phono-semantic compound composed of:

手 — semantic component meaning “hand; action done by the hand”;

免 — phonetic component indicating the pronunciation (만 / wǎn). The character therefore originally described pulling or drawing something by hand.
Semantic development: - to pull or draw with the hand; - to draw back or recover; - to lament or mourn (funeral context).

만가 (挽歌) — elegy; mourning song for the dead

만사 (挽詞) — elegiac words; funeral tribute

Related characters: 輓 — to pull; to tow; funeral mourning

免 — to avoid; to excuse (phonetic component)

手 — hand
In modern Chinese, 挽 can function as the simplified form of 輓, which originally meant to pull a carriage or to mourn the dead.

A variant character 鋔 replaces the semantic component 手 (hand) with 金 (metal).