TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
陸
陸 ＝ 阜 ＋ 坴
ㄌㄨˋ · lù
noun — dry land, the continent
字源 FORM — what the parts do
阜義a mound, a stepped slope — written 阝 on the left
坴聲lù — gives the sound; also a clump of high earth, doubling the land sense
A slope of earth (阜 / 阝) beside 坴 lù — itself mounded ground, so it means as well as sounds. Together: the high flat land, then all land set against water: 陸地、大陸.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一坡（阝）連一塊高土（坴）——堆出來的，是站得住腳的乾地。
A slope (阝) running into a clump of high ground (坴) — heaped up into dry land you can stand on.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)陸、高平地— high flat ground
→陸地、大陸— dry land; the continent常用
⇒陸軍、陸運— overland — army, transport by land
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
坴lùthe sound-and-meaning half alone — a clump of earth; 陸 adds the slope 阝