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剌

là

Character

What 剌 means

1. perverse
2. unreasonable
3. absurd

Other readings

剌 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lávariant of {拉|lá} (Note: 剌 was the character used prior to simplification and remains the

Words containing 剌

• 瓦剌Wǎ làOirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)
• 大剌剌dà là làpompous; with a swagger; casual
• 榜葛剌Bǎng gé làold Chinese name for Bengal, now written 孟加拉
• 满剌加Mǎn là jiāMing Dynasty name for modern day Malacca; see also 马六甲
• 扎马剌丁Zā mǎ lá dīngJamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and…
• 札马剌丁Zhá mǎ lá dīngsee 扎马剌丁

Characters that look like 剌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 刻kèquarter (hour); moment; to carve
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 刮guāto scrape; to blow; to shave
• 剃tìto shave

Sounds the same

Read là, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辣hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
• 蜡candle; wax
• 腊ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month…
• 落to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring
• 拉used in 拉拉蛄; variant of 落
• 瘌scabies; scald-head
• 镴solder; tin
• 蝲used in 蝲蛄; used in 蝲蝲蛄
• 攋to destroy; to rip; to tear open
• 楋(archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts
• 鬎bald; scabby
• 䗶old variant of 蜡