The kanji 拉: meaning, readings and stroke order
拉
- Meaning
- pull, drag away
- On reading
- ラ ra
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lôi kéo, bắt đi (lạp)
- Japanese
- ひっぱる。むりに つれて いく。
- Korean
- 끌다, 끌고 가다 (납·랍)
- Chinese
- 拉、强行带走
Readings, words and example sentences
ラ ra · on reading · less common
拉致
abduction, kidnapping
拉致の 問題を 学びます。
We learn about the abduction issue.
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In Dino Kids your child writes 拉 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 10 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.