(): six (banker's anti-fraud numeral), (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)

() is a Chinese character meaning “six (banker's anti-fraud numeral).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #675 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, place. Its radical form (mound) appears in many related characters such as (, (specifier) that), (dōu, all), (yuàn, courtyard).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
  2. (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticplace

Decomposition: ⿰阝击 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounlù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)5
adverblù xùin turn5

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
zhuó lùlanding
dēng lùto land
dà lùcontinent
lù zhàn duìmarines
lù jūnarmy
lù zhàn(military) to fight on land
nèi lùinland
lù shàngland-based
xīn dà lùthe New World
lù lùland route
hǎi lù kòngsea land air (transport, or military operations)
guāng guài lù límonstrous and multicolored
dà lù jiàcontinental shelf
ào sī lùOslo, capital of Norway
shuǐ lùwater and land
100
Total compounds
47
As first character
24
As last character
29
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 47 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

jūn
0.568174,018 co-occurrences
0.55152,746 co-occurrences
nèi
0.543121,956 co-occurrences
fèn
0.53696,072 co-occurrences
dēng
0.52573,424 co-occurrences
shěng
0.52299,264 co-occurrences
guó
0.513215,436 co-occurrences
0.513308,352 co-occurrences
zhe
0.47134,458 co-occurrences
zhōng
0.434212,460 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (8)

bānbólùlíHSK 7+

of many colors; many-hued

phrase
dēng lù yuè qiúHSK 5+

to land on the moon

phrase
guāngguàilùlíHSK 5+

monstrous and multicolored; grotesque and variegated

phrase
lùlùxùxùHSK 5+

continuously; one after another; bit by bit; in turn; successively; in succession

adverb
Měizhōu dàlùHSK 5+

America (two continents, North America and South America)

Ōu-Yà dàlùHSK 5+

Eurasia (a supercontinent consisting of Europe and Asia)

ŌuzhōudàlùHSK 5+

continental Europe; mainland Europe

Zhōngguó dàlùHSK 5+

mainland China

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

写好字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。

xiě hǎo lù zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .

To write the character "陆" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.

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míng zhēn xiāng dà lù mín zhòng xīn nián gǎn ēn : dà fǎ shī fù hǎo

The people of the mainland are grateful for the New Year: Hello Master Dafa

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玻纤布业 再掀涨价潮

lù bō qiàn bù yè zài xiān zhǎng jià cháo

The land glass fiber fabric industry has set off another wave of price increases

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从投行看大/VIE架构境外上市备案实务

cóng tóu háng kàn dà lù V I E jià gòu jìng wài shàng shì bèi àn shí wù

From the perspective of investment banks, the mainland/VIE structure overseas listing filing practice

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A I dài wàng xū qiú . . . lù guāng tōng xùn hǎn chàng wàng dìng dān pái dào Q 4

AI drives demand... Luguang Communication Factory is prosperous, and orders are scheduled to Q4

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新冬能·场外音丨玮鑫:冬奥会需引入“鹰眼挑战”系..

xīn dōng néng chǎng wài yīn 丨 lù 玮 鑫 : dōng ào huì xū yǐn rù yīng yǎn tiāo zhàn xì . .

New Winter Energy Off-Site Sound丨Lu Weixin: The Winter Olympics need to introduce the "Eagle Eye Challenge" system:

Tatoeba

喜马拉雅山脉是位于亚洲大的山脉。

Xǐmǎlāyǎshānmài shì wèiyú Yàzhōu dàlù de shānmài.

The Himalayas are a mountain range located on the Asian continent.

Tatoeba

地球是由海洋和地组成的。

Dìqiú shì yóu hǎiyáng hé lùdì zǔchéng de.

The earth is made up of sea and land.

Tatoeba

飞机在成田机场着

Fēijī zài Chéngtián Jīchǎng zhuólù.

The airplane landed at Narita Airport.

Tatoeba

非洲是一个大, 而格陵兰不是。

Fēizhōu shì yī gè dàlù, ér Gélínglán bù shì.

Africa is a continent; Greenland is not.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 陆 (lù) mean in Chinese?
陆 (lù) primarily means "six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)." It is classified as HSK Level 5, making it an advanced character. It ranks #675 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 陆 have?
陆 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 陆?
The radical associated with 陆 is 阝 (mound). This radical appears in many characters related to mound.
What are the components of 陆?
陆 is composed of: 阝 (semantic), 击 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰阝击 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 陆?
Common words with 陆 include: 着陆 (zhuó lù, "landing"); 登陆 (dēng lù, "to land"); 大陆 (dà lù, "continent"); 陆战队 (lù zhàn duì, "marines"); 陆军 (lù jūn, "army"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 陆 (lù)?
Several characters share the pronunciation lù: 芦 (rush), 炉 (stove), 录 (to carve wood), 路 (road), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 陆 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 陆 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.