The kanji 陸 primarily signifies "land," "shore," or "continent." It refers to solid ground as opposed to water. The character emphasizes the concept of a geographical area that is not covered by water. It can also imply the idea of the ground on which people walk and live.

・On-yomi (音読み): リク (riku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): None

⚫︎大陸 (陸 タイリク, tairiku) Translation: Continent ⚫︎陸上 (陸 ジョウ, rikujou) Translation: Track and field; land ⚫︎着陸 (チャクリク, chakuriku) Translation: Landing

The kanji 陸 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side is 阝 (こざとへん, kozatohen) which is a variation of 阜, which originally represented a "hill" or a "mound". The right side is 六 (ろく, roku), meaning "six". It's thought to have originally represented a high place or mound of land. Over time, it developed to generally represent "land."