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Kanji Detail for 陸 - "land, six, continent"

陸

  • Meaning

    陸 means "land, six, continent."

    1. Land - Solid ground; earth.

    2. Continent - A large landmass.

    3. Six - The number six (in documents).

  • Words using 陸

    • 大陸 たいりく Listen continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
    • 陸上 りくじょう Listen (on) land; ground; shore
    • 陸軍 りくぐん Listen army
    • 上陸 じょうりく Listen landing; going ashore; disembarkation
    • 北陸 ほくりく Listen Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
    • 着陸 ちゃくりく Listen landing; alighting; touch down
    • 陸上競技 りくじょうきょうぎ Listen track and field; athletics
    • 陸上自衛隊 りくじょうじえいたい Listen Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF

  • Four-character idioms with 陸

    • 光彩陸離 こうさいりくり Listen dazzling; brilliant

  • Tattoo check: 陸

    • Verified meaning: land, six, continent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, おか, おく, くが)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 陸

    Given names 陸(あつし)Listen 陸(りく)Listen

    Surnames 陸(おか)Listen 陸(おく)Listen 陸(くが)Listen 陸(たかし)Listen 陸(のぼる)Listen 陸(る)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    land; six

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    land, continental; army

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Lu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    land, continent; six (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A high plain is called 陸. Refers to flat and extensive highlands. Therefore, in contrast to oceans, the land of all continents is called 大陸 (continent). | A land route. As in going from water onto land is called 登陸 (land), 陸行 (travel by land). | 陸續. The meaning of continuing without interruption. | 陸離. Refers to colors that dazzle the eyes. | 陸梁. Like jumping and leaping. Originally referring to fierce beasts. Also used as a metaphor for bandits. | 陸沈. Refers to unexpectedly perishing. Originally used to describe worthy men avoiding the world, like hiding one's identity. Found in the Zhuangzi. Today often borrowed to speak of national ruin. | Borrowed as the numeral 六. | To block.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    riku(リク) リク

    roku(ロク) ロク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oka(おか) おか

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    阜 阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)

  • Related Keywords

    land continent six ground earth geography globe plain prairie shore soil solid surface terrain territory topography

Sentences including 陸

  • The plane will take off in one hour.

  • The plane took off at exactly ten o'clock.

  • That plane will take off at five.

  • We will soon take off.

  • The plane was about to take off.

  • A storm prevented the plane from taking off.

  • One plane after another took off.

  • Land came in sight.

  • There are seven continents on the earth.

  • The plane takes off in ten minutes.

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