Chinese symbol for “mainland”
大陆
dà lù
Traditional: 大陸
continent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mainland 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
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 “mainland”.
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.