陸

音読おんよみ: リク

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 阝(こざとへん)

Meaning

Land / Shore / Continent


  • 陸上りくじょう — land; track and field
  • 大陸たいりく — continent
  • 内陸ないりく — inland
  • 陸軍りくぐん — army
  • 上陸じょうりく — landing (ashore)

陸 combines 阝(こざとへん “hill, mound”)with 坴, meaning “elevated earth.” Together, the character originally depicted a rise of dry land above water, such as a plateau. Over time it broadened to mean “land” in general — often contrasted with sea or air in modern compounds.

ふねりくがった。
The ship landed ashore.

かれ陸軍りくぐん所属しょぞくしている。
He belongs to the army.

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Creates
上陸じょうりく — landing ashore
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