陆
陸lù
#674 most
frequent character
(bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
陆 is a short form of 陸. The old character joined ⻖ hills with 坴 lù, a chunk of dirt, and 坴 also supplied the sound. It first meant 'a high, flat plain'. The sense grew to 'land'; the 'six' sense was borrowed for sound.
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