拽 (zhuāi): to throw, to fling

拽 (zhuāi) is a Chinese character meaning “to throw.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (structural) and 曳 (structural). It ranks #2852 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 拽 to pull 曳 by hand 扌; 曳 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 扌 hand9 strokesFrequency #2852扌 structural曳 structural

Definitions

  1. to throw
  2. to fling

Etymology & Origin

拽

ideographicTo pull 曳 by hand 扌; 曳 also provides the pronunciation

Decomposition: ⿰扌曳 (layout: left-right)

Components:扌structural曳structural

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
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8
9

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
生拉硬拽shēng lā yìng zhuàito drag sb along against his will
拽步zhuài bùto take long strides
拽姐zhuǎi jiě(slang) confident and assertive young woman
奶拽nǎi zhuǎi(slang) (of a young man) cute, with a touch of swagger
拖拽tuō zhuàito pull
5
Total compounds
40
As first character
60
As last character
0
As middle character

拽 appears in 5 compound words: 40 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

拖tuō
0.6501,974 co-occurrences
扯chě
0.44260 co-occurrences
奚xī
0.43548 co-occurrences
绳shéng
0.37830 co-occurrences
厢xiāng
0.35436 co-occurrences
拱gǒng
0.35042 co-occurrences
瓜guā
0.34660 co-occurrences
稳wěn
0.32136 co-occurrences
详xiáng
0.31630 co-occurrences
姐jiě
0.30766 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

生拉硬拽shēng lā yìng zhuàiHSK 7+

to drag somebody along kicking and screaming; to stretch the meaning

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Example Sentences

AI-Generated

请拽出你的证件，配合我们的工作。

qǐng yè chū nǐ de zhèng jiàn , pèi gě wǒ men de gōng zuò .

Please present your identification and cooperate with our investigation.

ZaobaoMar 2026

被指强拽女员工 七旬伯遭警制伏

bèi zhǐ qiáng zhuāi nǚ yuán gōng qī xún bó zāo jǐng zhì fú

Man in His 70s Subdued by Police After Allegedly Forcibly Dragging a Female Employee

Tatoeba

她把他从烂泥中拽出来了。

Tā bǎ tā cóng lànní zhōng yè chūlái le.

She pulled him out of the mud.

Character Family

扌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hand radical

报bào才cái打dǎ护hù换huàn拉lā拿ná手shǒu挺tǐng找zhǎo

Related Characters

手shǒu打dǎ找zhǎo拿ná才cái护hù报bào拉lā挺tǐng换huàn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 拽 (zhuāi) mean in Chinese?
拽 (zhuāi) primarily means "to throw." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2852 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 拽 have?
拽 is written with 9 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 拽?
The radical associated with 拽 is 扌 (hand). This radical appears in many characters related to hand.
What are the components of 拽?
拽 is composed of: 扌 (structural), 曳 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰扌曳 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 拽?
Common words with 拽 include: 生拉硬拽 (shēng lā yìng zhuài, "to drag sb along against his will"); 拽步 (zhuài bù, "to take long strides"); 拽姐 (zhuǎi jiě, "(slang) confident and assertive young woman"); 奶拽 (nǎi zhuǎi, "(slang) (of a young man) cute, with a touch of swagger"); 拖拽 (tuō zhuài, "to pull"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
Is 拽 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 拽 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.