拉 — Chinese character
拉
lā
to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
- Pinyin
- lā
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 扌 立
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 立
- Japanese
- 拉 as a kanji
Common words with 拉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡拉 | kǎ lā | karaoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried |
| 阿拉 | ā lā | (Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our |
| 克拉 | kè lā | carat (mass) (loanword) |
| 拉丁 | lā dīng | Latin; (in former times) to press-gang |
| 拉拉 | lā lā | (slang) lesbian; (coll.) Labrador retriever |
| 马拉松 (馬拉松) | mǎ lā sōng | (loanword) marathon |
| 拉开 (拉開) | lā kāi | to pull open; to pull apart |
| 拉动 (拉動) | lā dòng | to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) |
| 拖拉机 (拖拉機) | tuō lā jī | tractor; 台 (tái) |
| 拉德 | lā dé | rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) |
| 拉夫 | lā fū | to force into service; press-gang |
| 沙拉 | shā lā | (loanword) salad |
English words written with 拉
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.