陸 (luk6 | lu4 liu4) : land; six

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陸

luk6

lu4 liu4

[粵] luk6 [國] lu4
[1] land; continent; shore
[2] a surname

[粵] luk6 [國] liu4
formal form of 六 (six) used on cheques, etc

Stroke count: 11

Level: 1

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

陸 / 陆

Don't confuse with:
降

This word has been viewed 7749 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Mar 2014 13:56

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大陸 daai6 luk6 da4 lu4 = mainland; continent

大陸人 daai6 luk6 jan4 da4 lu4 ren2 = Mainland Chinese

登陸 dang1 luk6 deng1 lu4 = to land; to disembark

陸續 luk6 zuk6 lu4 xu4 = in turn, successively, one after the other, bit by bit

陸軍 luk6 gwan1 lu4 jun1 = army

陸路 luk6 lou6 = land route

陸戰隊 luk6 zin3 deoi6*2 = marine corps

陸委會 luk6 wai2 wui6*2 = Mainland Affairs Council

歐陸式早餐 au1 luk6 sik1 zou2 caan1 = continental breakfast

中國大陸 zung1 gwok3 daai6 luk6 zhong1 guo2 da4 lu4 = Chinese mainland
See all 31 compounds (CantoDict reports 32 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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唔知喺大陸被捉通姦會唔會打靶嘅呵粵
I wonder if one would be shot dead if one is caught committing adultery in mainland China.

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Decimal representation of this word: 陸
Unicode code for this character: U+9678 (off-site link)

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