块(kuài)

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 塊

lump

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Character information

Pinyin
kuài
Meaning
lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
塊

Origin & structure

Where 块 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰土夬

In this compound, the meaning comes from 土 (earth); 夬 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

土tǔ夬guài

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 块 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 块

Common words using 块 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yī一kuài块ér儿
HSK 1

erhua variant of 一块

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bǎn板kuài块
HSK 7-9

slab

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yī一kuài块

a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as…

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bīng冰kuài块

ice cube; ice chunk

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níng凝kuài块

clot; blood clot

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qū区kuài块

block; segment; section; sector; area

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dì地kuài块

parcel of land

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kuài块gēn根

root tuber

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From 块’s common words

一儿板冰凝区地根

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