剌 (lá): perverse, unreasonable

剌 (lá) is a Chinese character meaning “perverse.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 刂 (knife). It ranks #3632 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 刂 knife8 strokesFrequency #3632

Definitions

  1. perverse
  2. unreasonable

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
满剌加mǎn là jiāMing Dynasty name for modern day Malacca
大剌剌dà là làpompous
扎马剌丁zā mǎ lá dīngJamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽...
札马剌丁zhá mǎ lá dīngsee 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[Za1 ma3 la2 ding1]
瓦剌wǎ làOirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)
榜葛剌bǎng gé làold Chinese name for Bengal, now written 孟加拉[Meng4 jia1 la1]
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Total compounds
0
As first character
33
As last character
67
As middle character

剌 appears in 6 compound words: 0 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 67 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习剌字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。

xué xí lá zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Writing the character "剌" requires repeated practice to ensure it is written neatly.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 剌 (lá) mean in Chinese?
剌 (lá) primarily means "perverse." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3632 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 剌 have?
剌 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 剌?
The radical associated with 剌 is 刂 (knife). This radical appears in many characters related to knife.
What are common words containing 剌?
Common words with 剌 include: 满剌加 (mǎn là jiā, "Ming Dynasty name for modern day Malacca"); 大剌剌 (dà là là, "pompous"); 扎马剌丁 (zā mǎ lá dīng, "Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽..."); 札马剌丁 (zhá mǎ lá dīng, "see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[Za1 ma3 la2 ding1]"); 瓦剌 (wǎ là, "Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
Is 剌 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 剌 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.