Chinese symbol for “continent”
大陆
dà lù
Traditional: 大陸
continent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for continent is 大陆 (dà lù), defined as: continent; mainland; 块 (kuài).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “continent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大陆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 陆续 (陸續) | lù xù | in turn; successively |
| 登陆 (登陸) | dēng lù | to land; to come ashore |
| 陆军 (陸軍) | lù jūn | army; ground forces |
See also: Japanese symbol for “continent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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