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陸

lù, liù

land

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 坴 represents the sound.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

坴 sound component

坴  Sound component

lù

  

a clod of earth

Evolution

陸 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
陸 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
陸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陸 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
陸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

陆 (陸) 

lù

land, continental; army; an accounting form of U+516D 六 (six); shore; land; continent

陆 (陸) 

Lù

surname Lu

陆 (陸) 

liù

six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Most common words with 陸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

大陆

continent

登陆

to land

着陆

landing

陆续

in turn

陆军

army

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]uk

ljuwk

lù

land (as opposed to water)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 15.9539% of movies

1458th most common character in movies

675th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

陆

Unicode

U+9678

Shuowen

“陸，高平地。从，从坴，坴亦聲。，籀文陸。”


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