• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

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

• 木(tree; wood)
• 干(dry branch; straight trunk)

A straight vertical wooden tree trunk like dried wood forms a handle or pole.

• ⺮(bamboo)
• 相(look at each other; support)

A bamboo box or trunk with two opposite sides facing each other looks like the character for "mutual" or "each other."

• 扌(hand)
• 立(upright; erect)

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

• 木(tree; wood)
• 干(dry branch; straight trunk)

A straight vertical wooden tree trunk like dried wood forms a handle or pole.

• ⺮(bamboo)
• 相(look at each other; support)

A bamboo box or trunk with two opposite sides facing each other looks like the character for "mutual" or "each other."