- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
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拉磨
拉磨
(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone
- 。
The donkey is pulling the millstone.
- 貳动verb
(fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work
- 。
He grinds grain at the mill every day.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 麻(thorny plant; coarse cloth)ASSOCIATIVE
- 石(stone; rock)RADICAL
Grinding stone processes thorny fibers into fine cloth — that is the meaning of the character.
拉磨
Traditional拉
(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
(of a donkey etc) to turn a millstone
- 。
The donkey is pulling the millstone.
- 貳动verb
(fig.) to do laborious and monotonous work
- 。
He grinds grain at the mill every day.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 扌(hand)RADICAL
- 立(upright; erect)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 麻(thorny plant; coarse cloth)ASSOCIATIVE
- 石(stone; rock)RADICAL
Grinding stone processes thorny fibers into fine cloth — that is the meaning of the character.
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