Japanese symbol for “landmass”
地塊
ちかい
Romaji: chikai
landmass; block
In Japanese, landmass is 地塊, read ちかい (chikai).
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Meanings
- n landmass; block
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “landmass”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陸塊 | りくかい rikukai | landmass |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地域 | ちいき chiiki | area; region; district |
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | Earth; the globe |
| 地方 | ちほう chihou | district; region; area |
| 地元 | じもと jimoto | home area; home town |
| 地震 | じしん jishin | earthquake |
| 土地 | とち tochi | plot of land; lot; soil |
| 金塊 | きんかい kinkai | gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar |
| 団塊 | だんかい dankai | mass; lump; clod |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.