塊 meaning and stroke order
Piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency
How to write 塊, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 塊
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- lump; chunk; piece
- classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
- (coll.) classifier for money and currency units
How 塊 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Earth.
土 gives the meaning and 鬼 hints at the sound.
Radical: 土 (soil), shared by 183 characters on this site.
How to remember 塊
塊 is built from 土 (tǔ, earth) on the left and 鬼 (guǐ, ghost) on the right. Earth gives the meaning of a lump or clod of soil, and 鬼 hints at the sound, so picture a ghost hiding behind a chunk of earth.
塊 (kuài) is a measure word for chunky or flat pieces of things like cake, soap, cloth, and stone, and in everyday speech it is the word for a unit of money, like saying dollar or yuan. Example: 這個三塊錢。(Zhège sān kuài qián.) This costs three kuai.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 塊 with 快 (kuài, fast), which has the same pronunciation and tone but a heart radical 忄 on the left. Also, the simplified form is 块, so do not mix up the right side 鬼 with the simplified 夬.
Common words with 塊
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 一塊兒 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] | HSK 1 |
| 板塊 | bǎnkuài | slab; (geology) tectonic plate | HSK 7-9 |
| 一塊 | yīkuài | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) asp | |
| 冰塊 | bīngkuài | ice cube; ice chunk | |
| 大塊頭 | dàkuàitóu | heavy man; fat man | |
| 石塊 | shíkuài | stone; rock | |
| 方塊 | fāngkuài | cube; block; square; diamond ♦ (in card games) | |
| 塊頭 | kuàitóu | size; body size | |
| 腫塊 | zhǒngkuài | swelling; growth | |
| 模塊 | mókuài | module (in software); functional unit | |
| 磚塊 | zhuānkuài | brick |
Questions about 塊
How many strokes are in 塊?
塊 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 塊 mean?
塊 (kuài) means piece, lump, chunk; dollar; measure word for currency. A common word with it is 一块儿 (yīkuàir), meaning "erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]".
How do you pronounce 塊?
塊 is pronounced kuài, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 塊?
The radical of 塊 is 土, which carries the idea of "soil". Dictionaries list 塊 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 塊?
塊 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 块, used in mainland China and Singapore.
What is the difference between 塊 and 元 for money?
元 (yuán) is the formal unit written on prices and banknotes. 塊 (kuài) is the spoken, casual way to say the same amount, so people say 十塊 (shí kuài) in conversation for 10元.
Does 一塊兒 mean one piece?
It can, but 一塊兒 (yīkuàir) very often means together, as in 我們一塊兒去吧 (wǒmen yīkuàir qù ba), let's go together. Context tells you which meaning is intended.