陸 meaning and stroke order
Land, continent; six (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)
How to write 陸, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 陸
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
How 陸 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Place.
阝 gives the meaning and 坴 hints at the sound.
Radical: 阝 (place), shared by 160 characters on this site.
How to remember 陸
The left side 阝 is a mound or hill, marking a place, and the right side 坴 (lù) gives the sound and is built on 土 (tǔ, earth). Picture hills and earth piled up: that is dry land.
陸 is the traditional form of 陆. In the land sense it is a bound form, so it appears inside words like 大陸 (dàlù, mainland) and 陸地 (lùdì, dry land). It also appears in 陸續 (lùxù, one after another): 客人陸續到了 (kèrén lùxù dào le) The guests arrived one after another.
Common mistake: Learners confuse 陸 with 睦 (mù, harmonious) because they share the right side 坴. Check the left side: 阝 means land or place, while 目 (eye) gives 睦. Also do not mix up the readings: it is lù for land, but liù when it is the anti-fraud numeral six.
Common words with 陸
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 大陸 | dàlù | continent; mainland | HSK 4 |
| 陸地 | lùdì | dry land (as opposed to the sea) | HSK 4 |
| 陸續 | lùxù | in turn; successively | HSK 4 |
| 陸軍 | lùjūn | army; ground forces | HSK 6 |
| 登陸 | dēnglù | to land; to come ashore | HSK 7-9 |
| 著陸 | zhuólù | landing; touchdown | |
| 陸戰隊 | lùzhànduì | marines; marine corps | |
| 內陸 | nèilù | inland; interior | |
| 新大陸 | xīndàlù | the New World; the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia | |
| 陸上 | lùshàng | land-based; on land |
Questions about 陸
How many strokes are in 陸?
陸 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 陸 mean?
陸 (lù) means land, continent; six (bankers' anti-fraud numeral). A common word with it is 大陆 (dàlù), meaning "continent; mainland".
How do you pronounce 陸?
陸 is pronounced lù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 陸?
The radical of 陸 is 阝, which carries the idea of "place". Dictionaries list 陸 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 陸?
陸 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 陆, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Why is 陸 used to write the number six?
On checks and financial documents, Chinese uses complex numerals that are hard to alter. 陸 (read liù) replaces 六 so no one can change it into another number. You would write 陸佰元 for six hundred yuan.
What does 登陸 mean on a website or app?
Its basic meaning is to land or come ashore, but it is also widely used for logging in to an account. Many apps use 登錄 (dēnglù) or 登入 for this, but 登陸 is also common in everyday speech and on screens.