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砬

lá

Character

What 砬 means

1. a huge boulder
2. a towering rock

Words containing 砬

• 白石砬子bái shí lá zinational nature reserve at Kuandian 宽甸 in Liaoning

Characters built on 立

These share the phonetic component 立 (lì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 垃lāused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. lè
• 飒sàsound of wind; valiant; melancholy

Sounds the same

Read lá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拉to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
• 旯used in 旮旯
• 剌variant of 拉
• 磖old variant of 砬

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• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
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