kuài

piece

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

夬 sound component

  Sound component

guài

  

parted, decisive

Evolution

块 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
块 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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kuài

piece, lump; dollar; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

Most common words with 块
Freq.
Word
Meaning

chunk

板块

slab

地块

tectonic plate

一块儿

one block

模块

functional unit