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陆

lù, liù

land

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 坴 represents the sound. Simplified form of 陸.

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

击 simplified component

击  Simplified component

jī

  

strike

Shorthand for the phonetic 坴 component in the traditional character 陸.

Evolution

陆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
陆 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
陆 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 陆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

大陆

continent

登陆

to land

着陆

landing

陆续

in turn

陆军

army

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 15.9539% of movies

1458th most common character in movies

675th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

陸

Unicode

U+9646


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