陆

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(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

阝 meaning “place” + 击 sound ( jī )

Components 阝击

land · Heisig RSH #1235

pinnacle + 击 beat

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国大陆	Zhōng guó dà lù	mainland China
陆上风电	lù shàng fēng diàn	onshore wind power
陆海空三军	lù hǎi kōng sān jūn	army, navy, and air force
水陆交通	shuǐ lù jiāo tōng	water and land transport
大陆性	dà lù xìng	continental
联合古大陆	lián hé gǔ dà lù	Pangea or Pangaea
安陆市	Ān lù Shì	Anlu, a county-level city in Xiaogan City 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 Shi4], Hubei
陆海空军	lù hǎi kōng jūn	army, navy and air force
下陆区	Xià lù Qū	Xialu, a district of Huangshi City 黃石市\|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 Shi4], Hubei
平陆县	Píng lù Xiàn	Pinglu, a county in Yuncheng City 運城市\|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 Shi4], Shanxi
新大陆	xīn dà lù	the New World; the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸\|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia
陆克文	Lù Kè wén	Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957–), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, …
陆河县	Lù hé Xiàn	Luhe, a county in Shanwei City 汕尾市[Shan4 wei3 Shi4], Guangdong
不着陆飞行	bù zhuó lù fēi xíng	nonstop flight
海陆空	hǎi lù kòng	sea land air (transport, or military operations)
内陆国	nèi lù guó	landlocked country
陆西星	Lù Xī xīng	Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the…
水陆两用	shuǐ lù liǎng yòng	amphibious (vehicle)
海陆军	hǎi lù jūn	navy and army; military force
亚欧大陆腹地	Yà ōu dà lù fù dì	Eurasian hinterland (i.e. Central Asia including Xinjiang)