喇 (lǎ)

horn; trumpet (bound form)

How 喇 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
口 — mouth
Traditional
喇
Simplified
喇 (unchanged)

Components

喇 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

lā
(onomat.)
lǎ
(phonetic)

Common words using 喇

喇叭 lǎba
horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument
哈喇子 hālázi
(dialect) saliva
喇叭褲 lǎbakù
flared trousers; bell-bottomed pants
喇嘛 lǎma
Lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
噶喇 gálǎ
onomat.; same as 噶拉
吹喇叭 chuīlǎba
to praise sb; lit. blowing the trumpet
哈喇 hāla
rancid; to kill; to slaughter
喀喇沁旗 kālāqìnqí
Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
喇叭形 lǎbaxíng
flared; funnel-shape; trumpet-shape
喇叭花 lǎbahuā
morning glory
喇嘛廟 lǎmamiào
Lamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism
喇嘛教 lǎmajiào
Lamaism; Tibetan Buddhism

喇 in a sentence

這裡禁止按喇叭。

Zhèlǐ jìnzhǐ àn lǎbā.

“Honking the horn is prohibited here.”

How common is 喇?

喇 is the 2,671st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.8% of all running text.

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