noun, takes genitive case の

  1. continent.

noun

  1. continental Asia (esp. mainland China).
  2. continental Europe.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
大陸 たいりく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
land, six
リク みち たち (4th, N2)
clod of earth, land
リク ロク
mushroom
ロク きのこ
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)