• 陸上りくじょう — land; track and field
• 大陸たいりく — continent
• 内陸ないりく — inland
• 陸軍りくぐん — army
• 上陸じょうりく — landing (ashore)

陸 combines 阝（こざとへん “hill, mound”）with 坴, meaning “elevated earth.” Together, the character originally depicted a rise of dry land above water, such as a plateau. Over time it broadened to mean “land” in general — often contrasted with sea or air in modern compounds.