Chinese symbol for “terrestrial”
陆生
lù shēng
Traditional: 陸生
terrestrial (animal, species)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for terrestrial is 陆生 (lù shēng), defined as: terrestrial (animal, species).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “terrestrial”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陆生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 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 |
| 陆地 (陸地) | lù dì | dry land (as opposed to the sea) |
| 内陆 (內陸) | nèi lù | inland; interior |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
See also: Japanese symbol for “terrestrial”.
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.