Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

six (fraud-proof); (surname); shore; land; continent

Chinese: 陆地;读 liù 时是数字六的大写。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “lu” becomes a different word in each tone. 陆 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 大陆dà lùcontinent; mainland
  • 陆地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
  • 陆续lù xùin turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
  • 登陆dēng lùto land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc); to log in
  • 陆军lù jūnarmy; ground forces

Example Sentence

飞机平稳地降落在陆地上。Fēi jī píng wěn de jiàng luò zài lù dì shàng.The plane landed steadily on the ground.

飞机Fēi jīairplane平稳píng wěnsmoothde(adverb marker)降落jiàng luòto descendzàiat陆地lù dìdry land (as opposed to thshàngon