垃lā
garbage, refuse, trash, waste. 8 strokes, radical 土, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin lāStrokes 8Radical 土Band HSK 4Words 1
How to write 垃
Strokes 1–3 write 土, then strokes 4–8 write 立.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 垃 · the stroke-order rules
What 垃 is made of
土 (tǔ, soil) and 立 (lì, to stand).
土 carries the meaning — earth — and 立 carries the sound.
Words that use 垃
| 垃圾 | garbage / rubbish 没有用处、要丢掉的脏东西 环卫工顶风冒雨清理生活垃圾。Sanitation workers braved the wind and rain to clear away household rubbish. Lesson 307, 笃实守信与生态澄澈 · 故土炊烟与烟火长卷 · Hometown Memories & The Tapestry of Daily Life |
Characters that share the sound part 立
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 土
All 34 of them, and what the radical means, on the 土 radical page.