陸

lù

land, continental; army

How to write 陸, stroke by stroke

surname Lu; six (banker's anti-fraud numeral); (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)

Pictophonetic: semantic 阝 (place), phonetic 坴

Made of 阝 + 坴

大陸dà lùcontinent; mainland
著陸zhuó lùlanding; touchdown; to land; to touch down
陸地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
陸軍lù jūnarmy; ground forces
陸戰隊lù zhàn duìmarines; marine corps
內陸nèi lùinland; interior
陸續lù xùin turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
新大陸xīn dà lùthe New World; the Americas as opposed to the Old World 旧大陆 or Eurasia
陸上lù shàngland-based; on land
內陸國nèi lù guólandlocked country
內陸河nèi lù héinland river; river draining to inland sea
大陸塊dà lù kuàicontinental plates (geology)

地球的表面約有三分之一是陸地。
dì qiú de biǎo miàn yuē yǒu sān fēn zhī yī shì lù dì 。
About one third of the earth's surface is land.
地球是由海洋和陸地組成的。
dì qiú shì yóu hǎi yáng hé lù dì zǔ chéng de 。
The earth is made up of sea and land.
叫那些人後退，直升機要著陸了。
jiào nà xiē rén hòu tuì ， zhí shēng jī yào zhù lù le 。
Tell those people to back off so that the helicopter can land.
他加入了陸軍。
tā jiā rù le lù jūn 。
He entered the army.
這架飛機安全著陸了。
zhè jià fēi jī ān quán zhù lù le 。
The airplane made a safe landing.