Chinese symbol for “allure”

拉力

lā lì

pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally

The closest CC-CEDICT match for allure is 拉力 (lā lì), defined as: pulling force; (fig.) allure; (materials testing) tensile strength; (loanword) rally.

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Characters and stroke order

拉 lā

to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)

radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

力 lì

strength, power; capability, influence

radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拉力.

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
能力	néng lì	capability; ability
努力	nǔ lì	to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious

See also: Japanese symbol for “allure”.

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.