Memory phrase for the character: 陸

陸

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Meaning

land, shore, continent

Pronunciation

RIKU

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: 坴 (earth 土 and eightfold 八 earth 土)

Mnemonic
 
A "hill" where you go from earth to eight-fold earth is a continent.

Radicals

阝 hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
坴 eightfold earth
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary

陸 りく  land, shore, six (in legal documents)
大陸 たいりく  continent
着陸 ちゃくりく  landing, alighting, touch down
上陸 じょうりく  landing, disembarkation
内陸 ないりく  inland
陸路 りくろ  land route, overland route

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