1. 莎
  2. 拉

莎

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  • 2121st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
莎→
艹沙
2Radical
莎→
艹grass氵water小small丿bend
3Graphical
莎→
艹⺀㇀亅八丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shā (sha1)katydid (family Tettigoniidae) • phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
2. suō (suo1)see 莎草[suo1 cao3] • see 摩莎[mo2 suo1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 莎 shā (sha1)The component 沙 is pronounced as 'shā' (sha1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 莎 shā (sha1)The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shuǐ' (shui3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words

Common

伊丽莎白 (伊麗莎白)
莎士比亚 (莎士比亞)
蒙娜丽莎 (蒙娜麗莎)

Uncommon

玛莎拉蒂 (瑪莎拉蒂)
莎拉 
莎拉波娃 
莎翁 

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拉

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  • 324th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.07% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 580 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
拉→
扌立
2Radical
拉→
扌hand立stand erect
3Graphical
拉→
亅二一丶丷一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lā (la1)to pull • to play (a bowed instrument) • to drag • to draw • to chat

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 拉 lā (la1)The component 立 is pronounced as 'lì' (li4). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

拉 also appears in:
啦鞡

Example Words

Common

卡拉 
拉屎 
拉手 
拉拉 
拉肚子 
拉链 (拉鏈)
拉开 (拉開)
拉面 (拉麵)
沙拉 
香格里拉 

Uncommon

亚伯拉罕 (亞伯拉罕)
伊拉克 
杰拉德 (傑拉德)
克拉 
克拉克 
克拉玛依 (克拉瑪依)
凯迪拉克 (凱迪拉克)
划拉 
勃拉姆斯 
南斯拉夫 
吉拉德 
呼拉圈 
哥斯拉 
喜马拉雅 (喜馬拉雅)
喜马拉雅山 (喜馬拉雅山)
噶拉 
堪培拉 
委内瑞拉 (委內瑞拉)
孟加拉 
孟加拉国 (孟加拉國)
安拉 
尼加拉瓜 
左拉 
布拉格 
布达拉宫 (布達拉宮)
希拉里 
手拉手 
扒拉 
拉丁 
拉丁舞 
拉伸 
拉倒 
拉伤 (拉傷)
拉入 
拉力 
拉力赛 (拉力賽)
拉布拉多 
拉扯 
拉拉队 (拉拉隊)
拉拢 (拉攏)
拉斐尔 (拉斐爾)
拉斯维加斯 (拉斯維加斯)
拉杆 
拉格朗日 
拉比 
拉环 (拉環)
拉登 
拉皮 
拉票 
拉筋 
拉紧 (拉緊)
拉美 
拉莫斯 
拉萨 (拉薩)
拉锯 (拉鋸)
拉锯战 (拉鋸戰)
拉长 (拉長)
拉高 
拉齐奥 (拉齊奧)
拖拉 
拖拉机 (拖拉機)
拖拖拉拉 
提拉米苏 (提拉米蘇)
摩托罗拉 (摩托羅拉)
撒哈拉 
撒哈拉沙漠 
易拉罐 
本拉登 
柏拉图 (柏拉圖)
沙特阿拉伯 
法拉 
法拉利 
法拉第 
海拉尔 (海拉爾)
潘多拉 
乌拉圭 (烏拉圭)
玛莎拉蒂 (瑪莎拉蒂)
科罗拉多 (科羅拉多)
稀稀拉拉 
米拉 
维拉 (維拉)
耷拉 
色拉 
色拉油 
莎拉 
莎拉波娃 
萨拉戈萨 (薩拉戈薩)
苏格拉底 (蘇格拉底)
贝拉 (貝拉)
贝拉米 (貝拉米)
赫拉 
达拉斯 (達拉斯)
阿拉 
阿拉丁 
阿拉伯 
阿拉伯人 
阿拉伯海 
阿拉伯语 (阿拉伯語)
阿拉斯加 
马尼拉 (馬尼拉)
马拉 (馬拉)
马拉加 (馬拉加)
马拉多纳 (馬拉多納)
马拉松 (馬拉松)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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