拉

lā · lá · là

to pull · to drag

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 8 HSK 2

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Most common

Same radical

打指报托折推接投护提排才

Same radical

打指报托折推接投护提排才扬执招

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Character Decomposition

拉=扌+立

Etymology

hand

Meanings3 pronunciations

lā

to pull

to play (a bowed instrument)

to drag

to draw

to chat

(coll.) to empty one's bowels

lá

to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash

là

used in 拉拉蛄 là là gǔ

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Words with 拉 872 total

Allah (Arabic name of God)阿拉A1 lā (of beard etc) stubbly · scraggly · unkempt拉碴lā chā tension bar拉杆lā gān (dialect) to chat · to gossip拉呱lā gua to try to stop a fight · to intervene in a fight拉架lā jià a two-man saw · fig. to-and-fro between two sides拉锯lā jù to pull open · to pull apart · to space out · to increase拉开lā kāi Lala, Philippines拉拉Lā lā pulling force · (fig.) allure · (materials testing) tensile strength · (loanword) rally拉力lā lì (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) · (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas拉练lā liàn

Idioms with 拉 25 total Chain

incomplete · unfinished半半拉拉bàn bàn lā lā like breaking down a decayed stump · (as easy as) crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood · smash (the putrid forces) easily like breaking dry branches · sweep away all obstacles in the way · all-powerful摧枯拉朽cuī kū lā xiǔ to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently东拉西扯dōng lā xī chě