陆续
lùxù · HSK 4
one after another
🚶🚶 陆续 = land (陆) + continue (续); a steady land-march, one after another
陆 means land or continent; 续 means to continue or extend. Together they describe events or people arriving in succession, like a column marching overland — a steady, ongoing stream rather than all at once.
续 — silk radical 糹+ 賣 (sell, phonetic)
续 is the simplified form of 續. The silk radical 糹 signals the original meaning of joining threads end-to-end, while 賣 served as the phonetic component. From 'splicing silk' the meaning broadened to 'continue, connect, extend' in general use.