Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 鬼 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (塊)
Simplified (块)
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Historical Evolution
块
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
块
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
块
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
块
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
块
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
块
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
块
Regular
Modern
Chinese
块 / 塊 [kuài]
lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
Japanese
noun
- lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster
- group; crowd
- embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
塊 かいと
Kaito female given name
塊 さいかち
Saikachi surname
CHINESE WORDS (74)
板块 [bǎnkuài] #19,460
slab
地块 [dìkuài] #50,298
tectonic plate
一块儿 [yīkuàir] #5,514
erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yīkuài]
模块 [mókuài] #18,432
module (in software)
冰块 [bīngkuài] #6,260
ice cube
大块头 [dàkuàitóu] #5,540
heavy man
一块 [yīkuài] #6,842
one block
石块 [shíkuài] #15,643
stone
方块 [fāngkuài] #14,986
cube
块头 [kuàitóu] #12,215
size
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JAPANESE WORDS (69)
⭐ 塊 [かたまり] #3,158
lump
肉塊 [にくかい] #14,539
lump of meat
石ころ [いしころ] #15,288
(small) stone
⭐ 金塊 [きんかい] #30,678
gold nugget
氷塊 [ひょうかい] #31,463
lump of ice
鉄塊 [てっかい] #33,736
lump of iron
一塊 [いっかい] #35,487
one lump
土塊 [つちくれ] #37,161
lump of earth
岩塊 [がんかい] #43,110
mass of rock
血塊 [けっかい] #86,409
blood clot
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KOREAN WORDS (1)