• 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.
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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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  • 2412th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 26 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lěi (lei3)rampart • base (in baseball)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

全垒打 (全壘打)
堡垒 (堡壘)
壁垒 (壁壘)

Uncommon

块垒 (塊壘)
壁垒森严 (壁壘森嚴)
垒球 (壘球)
对垒 (對壘)

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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.
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