Memory phrase for the character: 拉

拉

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Meaning

to pull, to drag, to play (string instruments)

Pronunciation

lā

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立

Mnemonic
 
You pull your hand back when someone is standing on it - just like you pull/play a stringinstrument.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
立 standA person with wide hips 六 stands upright on the ground 一.




 Vocabulary

拖拉机 tuō lā jī  tractor
拉瓦锡 Lā wǎ xī  Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
拉扯 lā che  to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat
拉拢 lā lǒng  to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
拉拢 lā lǒng  
阿拉斯加雪撬犬 Ā lā sī jiā Xuě qiào quǎn  Alaskan Malamute
嗡嗡祖拉 wēng wēng zǔ lā  vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)
拉屎 lā shǐ  to defecate; to shit; to crap
乌拉圭 Wū lā guī  Uruguay
乌拉圭 Wū lā guī  
乌拉圭 Wū lā guī  
乌拉圭 Wū lā guī  

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