陸
land, six
Readings
On'yomi
- リク
- ロク
Kun'yomi
- おか
Nanori
- くが
- たち
- みち
- む
- むつ
Meaning
陸 centers on dry ground as opposed to water: land, shore, or solid earth. The 'six' meaning is a separate, unrelated numeric use that does not connect to the land idea.
Most common words using 陸
20 of 248- 大陸たいりくN3
continent
- 陸上りくじょうN1
(on) land; ground; shore
- 上陸じょうりくN1
landing; going ashore; disembarkation
- 陸りくN3
land; shore
- 着陸ちゃくりくN1
landing; alighting; touch down
- 陸軍りくぐんN1
army
- 北陸ほくりく
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
- 離陸りりくN1
takeoff
- 陸奥むつ
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
- 陸奥りくおう
Rikuō (former province located in parts of present-day Aomori and Iwate prefectures)
- 内陸ないりくN1
inland
- 三陸さんりく
Sanriku (the three former provinces of Rikuzen, Rikuchū and Rikuō)
- 陸地りくち
land
- 常陸ひたち
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
- アメリカ大陸アメリカたいりく
American continent; the Americas
- 新大陸しんたいりくN2
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
- 陸自りくじ
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
- 離着陸りちゃくりく
takeoff and landing
- 水陸すいりく
land and water
- 陸運りくうん
land transportation
Study
Etymology
陸 combines ⻖ (mound, hill) with 坴, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a raised landmass. The character originally referred to high, dry land.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side ⻖ is a mound or hill, and the right side 坴 looks like a lump of earth with legs. Picture a solid hill of land rising from the water.
Reading mnemonic
For リク, imagine a lick of land jutting into the sea: lick -> リク, and that tongue of earth is solid ground.