Chinese symbol for “mullah”

毛拉

máo lā

Mullah (religious leader in Islam)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mullah is 毛拉 (máo lā), defined as: Mullah (religious leader in Islam).

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Characters and stroke order

毛 máo

hair, fur, feathers; coarse

radical 82 ⽑ · 4 strokes

拉 lā

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

radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “mullah”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
教长 (教長)	jiào zhǎng	dean; mullah

Related words

Other words that share a character with 毛拉.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
毛病	máo bìng	fault; defect
毛巾	máo jīn	towel; 条 (tiáo)
羽毛	yǔ máo	feather; plumage
毛利	máo lì	gross profit
羊毛	yáng máo	wool; fleece
眉毛	méi mao	eyebrow; measure word: 根 (gēn)
卡拉	kǎ lā	karaoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
阿拉	ā lā	(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our

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.