陸 – land, six

11 strokesTaught in grade 4#736 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 陸 means land, six. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リク、ロク (riku, roku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おか (oka). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リク	riku
On’yomi	ロク	roku
Kun’yomi	おか	oka

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 土・儿・阡.

Words using 陸

陸りくland大陸たいりくcontinent内陸ないりくinland上陸じょうりくlanding着陸ちゃくりくlanding

Example sentences

強風が陸の方へ吹き始めた。

A strong wind began to set in.

Tatoeba #180456

アフリカは大陸であるが、グリーンランドはそうではない。

Africa is a continent; Greenland is not.

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毎年、日本には台風が上陸します。

Typhoons strike Japan every year.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険障陣陽隣隠陥阻

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