| 拉 | lā | to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 拉 | lá | to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash |
| 拉 | là | used in 拉拉蛄[la4la4gu3] / variant of 落[la4] |
| 剌 | lá | variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2]) |