Chinese symbol for “slit”
拉
lá
to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slit is 拉 (lá), defined as: to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “slit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开衩 (開衩) | kāi chà | slit (in clothing) |
| 裂隙 | liè xì | gap; slit; crack; crevice; fracture |
| 切口 | qiē kǒu | incision; notch |
| 豁 | huō | opening; stake all |
| 卯眼 | mǎo yǎn | mortise; slit |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “slit”.
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.