剌

lá/là

variant of 拉 (lá) (Note: 剌 was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉 has replaced 剌)

Ancient forms

4 forms
  1. Oracle boneShang
  2. BronzeWestern Zhou
  3. Bamboo & silkWarring States
  4. Small sealQin–Han
  5. 剌RegularToday

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

lá la2
  1. variant of 拉 lá (Note: 剌 was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉 has replaced 剌)
là as in 大剌剌 la4
  1. perverse
  2. unreasonable
  3. absurd

Words with 剌

  • 大剌剌dàlàlàpompous
  • 瓦剌WǎlàOirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)
  • 满剌加MǎnlàjiāMing Dynasty name for modern day Malacca
  • 榜葛剌Bǎnggélàold Chinese name for Bengal, now written 孟加拉 (Mèng jiā lā)
  • 扎马剌丁ZāmǎládīngJamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260

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