拉 lā
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 立 to stand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拉开
lākāi
to pull open; to pull apart
Characters in this word
开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请拉开窗帘。 Qǐng lā kāi chuāng lián. Please open the curtains.
- 他拉开门。 Tā lā kāi mén. He pulls the door open.
- 我们拉开距离。 Wǒ men lā kāi jù lí. We increase the distance.