Don't ramble.
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拉
lā
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lā · laai1 (Jyutping)
- to pull
- to play (a bowed instrument)
- to drag
- to draw
- to chat
- (coll.) to empty one's bowels
lá
- to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
là
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Character breakdown
拉
- Meaning
- pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰扌立
- Cangjie
- QYT
- Four-corner
- 5001.8
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