旯 (lá) · used in 旮旯 (a nook; an out-of-the-way corner)

Meanings

1 used in 旮旯 (a nook; an out-of-the-way corner)

Characters

旯

lá

nook (in 旮旯)

Examples

HSK 7-9

那个孩子是从山旮旯来的。

Nàge háizi shì cóng shān gālá lái de.

The child came from a remote mountain nook far from the city.

Tips

history

旯 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It occurs only in the colloquial binome 旮旯 ('a nook / corner'), paired with 旮. The phrase 山旮旯 means a remote mountain corner.

memory

旯 is the mirror of 旮: here the sun 日 is on top and 九 below. They only ever appear together as 旮旯.

Components

radical

日 rì

sun

日 the sun radical sits on top and is the indexing radical. It adds no meaning, as the character only serves to write the corner-word 旮旯.

phonetic

九 jiǔ

nine

九 sits below and gives a loose phonetic hint for lá, with no numeric meaning in this character.

Stroke Order

旯 lá

Related Words

犄角旮旯 jījiǎo gālá

every nook and cranny / an out-of-the-way corner

旮旯 gālá #38,858

corner; nook / out-of-the-way place

避开 bìkāi #4,764

to avoid / to steer clear of / to get out of the way

拔 bá HSK 7-9 #2,896

to pull up; to pull out; to uproot / to select; to promote; to stand out

抽 chōu HSK 5 #1,379

to draw out / to pull out / to smoke (cigarettes) / to extract

出 chū HSK 2 #105

to go out / to come out / to produce / to appear / measure word for plays and operas

抽出 chōuchū #8,273

to draw out; to pull out / to find (time); to set aside

彻头彻尾 chètóu-chèwěi #9,186

through and through / from beginning to end / out-and-out; thoroughly

撤离 chèlí HSK 7-9 #4,986

to withdraw; to evacuate / to pull out (from a location)

挨 ái HSK 7-9 #5,027

to suffer; to endure (something unpleasant) / to pull through; to drag out (hard times) / to delay; to stall; to dawdle