拉
Definition
lā:* 牵，扯，拽。 ～车。～网。～下马（喻使某人下台）。 * 用车载运。 ～货。 * 使延长。 ～延。～伸。 * 排泄粪便。 ～屎。 * 联络。 ～拢。～帮结伙。 * 摧折。 摧枯～朽。 * 带领转移。 把部队～出去。 * 牵引乐器的某一部分使乐器发出声音。 ～小提琴。 * 抚养子女。 ～扯。 * 帮助。 他有困难，～他一把。 lá:* 割，用刀把东西切开一道缝或切断。 手上～了一个口子。 * 闲谈。 ～话。～家常
pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->