拉lā
to pull, hold (hands). 8 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 2.
How to write 拉
Strokes 1–3 write 扌, 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 拉 · the stroke-order rules
What 拉 is made of
扌 (shǒu, hand) and 立 (lì, to stand).
扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 立 carries the sound.
Words that use 拉
| 拉 | to pull, hold (hands) 用手抓住或牵着 大家手拉手快要登场。Everyone held hands, about to take the stage. Lesson 46, 打篮球 · 研精竭虑与博闻多能 · Rigorous Inquiry & Versatile Learning |
| 拉开 | to pull open 把门或窗户往两边打开 工作人员清晨拉开了物流站大门。At dawn, the staff pulled open the logistics center's gate. Lesson 306, 故土情深与物流宏图 · 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.
Characters that contain 拉
More characters with the radical 扌
All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.