拉

Translingual

Han character

拉 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手卜廿 (QYT), four-corner 5001₈, composition ⿰扌立)

1. pull, drag
2. seize, hold
3. lengthen

References

• KangXi: page 425, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11946
• Dae Jaweon: page 773, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1857, character 3
• Unihan data for U+62C9

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		拉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lā (la¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laai¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): lâi
• Min Nan (POJ): la / âⁿ
• Wu (WT Romanisation): 'la (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lā
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: la¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lha
    • IPA ^(key): /la̠⁵⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laai¹
    • Yale: lāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lâi
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /la̯i²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la / âⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: la / ânn
    • IPA (Taipei): /la⁴⁴/, /ã²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /la³⁴/, /ã¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: 'la (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ʔlᴀ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (拉, reconstructed)
Character (拉), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 合 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 盧合切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lʌp̚/	/lăp̚/	/lᴀp̚/	/ləp̚/	/ləp̚/	/lɒp̚/	/lɒp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (拉, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
拉								là								‹ lop ›								/*[r]ˤəp/								break
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
拉					7866					立					緝					3					拉					/*ruːb/

Verb

拉

1. to pull, to drag
2. play (bowed instruments)

Derived terms

• 沙拉醬／沙拉酱

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Japanese

Kanji

拉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: らつ (ratsu), ろう (rō)
• Kun: くだく (kudaku)

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Korean

Hanja

拉 (rap, nap) (hangeul 랍, 납, McCune-Reischauer rap, nap, Yale lap, nap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

拉 (lấp, dập, lắp, lạp, lớp, lợp, loạt, rắp, rập, sắp, sụp, đập, giập, láp, lọp, ráp, xập, xệp)

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