拉 — kanji meaning “Latin”
拉
Latin, kidnap, crush
- Meanings
- Latin, kidnap, crush
- On'yomi
- ラツ (ratsu)、ラ (ra)、ロウ (rou)
- Kun'yomi
- らっ.する、ひし.ぐ、くだ.く
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- lā, lá, lǎ — Chinese character page
Words with 拉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉致 | らち rachi | taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping |
| 拉麺 | ラーメン raamen | ramen; Chinese-style noodles |
| 伊拉久 | イラク iraku | Iraq |
| 撒哈拉 | サハラ sahara | Sahara |
| 尼加拉瓦 | ニカラグア nikaragua | Nicaragua |
| 拉丁 | ラテン raten | Latin (language) |
| 拉致問題 | らちもんだい rachimondai | abduction issue (esp. of those Japanese abducted by North Korea) |
| 取り拉ぐ | とりひしぐ torihishigu | to crush |
| 日巴拉太 | ジブラルタル jiburarutaru | Gibraltar |
| 委内瑞拉 | ベネズエラ benezuera | Venezuela |
| 拉げる | ひしゃげる hishageru | to be crushed; to be squashed (flat) |
| 拉ぐ | ひしぐ hishigu | to crush; to squash |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.