拉
Meaning
- to pull
- to play (a bowed instrument)
- to drag
Example sentence
我拉肚子。
I have diarrhea.
The character 拉
拉 is 扌, a hand, beside 立: pulling, where 推 pushes. 拉开 to pull open, 拉住 to hold on to — and it is what you do to a violin, since the bow is drawn across.