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, 鞡, 菈, 𡝰, 𤷟, 𭰪, 𭾺, 𬠏, 鿜, 𭘏, 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

• Unihan data for U+F925

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːb) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 立 (OC *rɯb).

Etymology

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Pronunciation 1

Definitions

拉

1. ^† to destroy; to break; to snap

   alt. forms: 摺／折, 搚 (lā), 拹 (xié)

2. ^† to insult
3. ^† to strike; to hit; to beat
4. to pull; to drag; to tug

   將窗簾拉落嚟 [Cantonese, trad.]
   将窗帘拉落嚟 [Cantonese, simp.]

   zoeng¹ coeng¹ lim² laai¹ lok⁶ lai⁴

   pull down window blinds

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

   我不會拉小提琴。 [MSC, trad.]
   我不会拉小提琴。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ bùhuì lā xiǎotíqín.

   I don't know how to play the violin.

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

    拉家常  ―  lā jiācháng  ―  to chitchat

18. ^† (onomatopoeia) The sound of wind.
19. to excrete

    拉大便  ―  lā dàbiàn  ―  to poo

20. (Hong Kong, Internet slang) to cause a thread to sink to the bottom of list of threads; to "pull"

    Synonym: pull

    Antonyms: 推 (teoi¹), push

21. (dated Shanghainese) Used to mark the perfective aspect.

    Synonyms: 拉哉, 拉哩

    勿吃要罰個！吃拉哉。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
    勿吃要罚个！吃拉哉。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

    From: 2010, Qian Nairong, 《從〈滬語便商〉所見的老上海話時態》 (Tenses and Aspects? Old Shanghainese as Found in the Book Huyu Bian Shang)

    If you didn't eat you would be punished! Finish the food (ie. have the food be finished).

22. a surname

Synonyms

• (to pull):

• (to play a stringed instrument):

• (to arrest):

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

拉

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

   alt. forms: 剌

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

拉

1. (Mainland China, colloquial) section; part

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

拉

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

Pronunciation 5

Definitions

拉

1. A verbal suffix.

Pronunciation 6

Definitions

拉

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to release; to untie; to loosen; to get untied; to come loose

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “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: ひしぐ (hishigu, 拉ぐ); ひしゃぐ (hishagu, 拉ぐ); ひしゃげる (hishageru, 拉げる); くだく (kudaku)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 拉 (MC lop).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

拉

Wikisource

拉 (eumhun 끌 랍 (kkeul rap), South Korea 끌 납 (kkeul nap))

1. Hanja form^? of 랍/납 (“to pull”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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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