拉

la̅ = l + a1

to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

拉 = 扌 + 立 : Mnemonic symbol: a fiddlestick

拉 = 扌 + 立 : In front of the ashram, sir Lancelot tries to make some music using a fiddlestick and a vase by bowing along the opening of the vase. Maybe he would be successful if he put down that silly toy claw.

拉 character breakdown

拉
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一
- 立
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 䒑
    - 一
    - 丷

扌

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

立

lì = li + Ø4

to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately

立 = 䒑 + 亠 : Li Qing Zhao hides some weed in a vase in the space station's bathroom. To get the weed there, she transports it under her beret.

Characters with 拉 as component

啦

la̅ = l + a1

(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc / (phonetic) / (dialect) to chat

啦 = 口 + 拉 : Sir Lancelot (l) built a fiddle out of a hollow mandarin (口) and strokes it using a fiddlestick (拉). He is busking in front of the ashram (a1) playing his fiddle and chanting (啦) loudly, hoping to make some money.

啦

la = l + a5

sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation / particle placed after each item in a list of examples

鞡

la = l + a5

leg warmer