• 791st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 68 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
earthNo glyph availablelinehuman
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kuài (kuai4)lump (of earth) • chunk • piece • classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc • colloquial word for yuan (or other unit of currency such as Hong Kong or US dollar etc), usually as 塊錢|块钱

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for kuài (kuai4)The component is pronounced as 'guài' (guai4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

一块 (一塊)
一块儿 (一塊兒)
冰块 (冰塊)
切块 (切塊)
方块 (方塊)
板块 (板塊)

Uncommon

地块 (地塊)
块状 (塊狀)
块头 (塊頭)
大块头 (大塊頭)
木块 (木塊)
模块 (模塊)
模块化 (模塊化)
版块 (版塊)
石块 (石塊)
砖块 (磚塊)
肿块 (腫塊)
血块 (血塊)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.