• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 丁(nail; spike)

A nail driven straight down looks like the character for nail or the fourth of the heavenly stems.

• 亻(person; human)
• 匕(spoon; compare)

A person standing upright beside a person bending down shows how shapes transform and change.

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

Using your hand to pull someone up straight is the meaning of the character 拉.

• 丁(nail; spike)

A nail driven straight down looks like the character for nail or the fourth of the heavenly stems.

• 亻(person; human)
• 匕(spoon; compare)

A person standing upright beside a person bending down shows how shapes transform and change.