陆 lù land
land; continent
How to remember 陆: 阝 mound + 击 to strike = land. The shipwrecked sailor climbs the first sandy mound, raises a fist as if to strike the sky and cries "This is no island, it is land!"
Component breakdown
陆 = 阝 mound + 击 to strike
- 阝 mound
- 击 to strike
The shipwrecked sailor climbs the first sandy mound, raises a fist as if to strike the sky and cries "This is no island, it is land!"
How it is used
- 大陆 dàlù means both "continent" and, in everyday PRC usage, "the mainland" as opposed to Taiwan or Hong Kong.
- 陆续 lùxù is a common adverb for things happening one after another over time: 客人陆续到了 (kèrén lùxù dào le) - "the guests arrived one after another."
- 登陆 dēnglù literally "to make landfall" (a ship, a storm) has picked up the extended tech sense of "to log in" to an account or platform.