拉

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 啦, 𡝰, 𭰪, 𭾺, 𬠏, 鞡, 鿜, 菈, 𭘏, 𤷟, 𭄻, 𬻡

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		拉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 拉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (立) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涖	*rɯːbs, *rɯbs
莅	*rɯbs, *rɯbs
蒞	*rɯbs
位	*ɢʷrɯbs
拉	*ruːb
菈	*ruːb
颯	*sluːb
立	*rɯb
粒	*rɯb
笠	*ɡ·rɯb
砬	*rɯb
岦	*rɯb
苙	*ɡ·rɯb, *ɡrɯb
鴗	*rɯb
雴	*r̥ʰɯb
泣	*kʰrɯb

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拉

1. ^† to destroy; to break
2. ^† to insult
3. ^† to strike; to hit; to beat
4. to pull; to drag; to tug
5. to transport by vehicle; to haul; to carry on a vehicle
6. to play (a bowed instrument, an accordion, etc.)

   拉二胡  ―  lā èrhú  ―  to play the erhu

7. to drag out; to draw out
8. (Mainland China) to owe; to be in arrears
9. to lead (a group to a place); to move (a group to a place)
10. to help; to lend (a hand)
11. to invite; to recruit
12. to drag in; to implicate
13. to draw in; to canvass; to solicit; to attract
14. to organize (a group); to form (a group)
15. (Cantonese) to arrest
16. (dialectal) to bring up; to raise
17. (Mainland China, colloquial) to chat
18. ^† (onomatopoeia) The sound of wind.
19. to excrete
20. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lá (la²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lá
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lá
    • Wade–Giles: la²
    • Yale: lá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: la
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拉

1. (Mainland China) to cut; to slit; to slash

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎ (la³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎ
    • Wade–Giles: la³
    • Yale: lǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laa
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拉

1. (Mainland China, colloquial) section; part

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): là (la⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: là
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: là
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴
    • Yale: là
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lah
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拉

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 落 (là).
2. Used in 拉拉蛄, (deprecated template usage) alternative form of 蝲蝲蛄 (làlàgǔ).

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): la (la⁵／la⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄌㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: la
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄌㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lå
    • Wade–Giles: la⁵
    • Yale: la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .la
    • Palladius: ла (la)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拉

1. A verbal suffix.

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

拉

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to drag
2. to pull
3. to draw
4. to carry off
5. to crush
6. Used in phonetic transcription of foreign words.

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan’yō-on: ら (ra, Jōyō); らつ (ratsu)
• Kun: くだく (kudaku)

Compounds

Compounds

• 亜(ア)拉(ラ)毘(ビ)亜(ア) (arabia)
• 費(フィ)拉(ラ)特(デル)費(フィア) (firaderufia)
• 拉(ラー)麺(メン) (rāmen)
• 拉(ラ)丁(テン) (raten)
• 拉(ら)致(ち) (rachi)
• 打(う)ち拉(ひし)ぐ (uchihishigu)

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Korean

Hanja

拉 • (rap>nap) (hangeul 랍>납)

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Vietnamese

Han character

拉: Hán Việt readings: lạp (落(lạc)合(hợp)切(thiết))
拉: Nôm readings: sắp, dập, lớp, rập, rắp, lấp, lợp, sụp, lắp, giập, ráp, loạt, rợp, sập, láp, lọp, đập, xập, xệp, lạp, rấp

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