塊

See also: 凷 and 块

Translingual

Han character

塊 (radical 32 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土竹山戈 (GHUI), four-corner 4611₃, composition ⿰土鬼)

References

• KangXi: page 235, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5319
• Dae Jaweon: page 472, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 464, character 17
• Unihan data for U+584A

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Chinese

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trad.		塊
simp.		块

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuài (kuai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faai³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): khwài
• Min Nan (POJ): tè / teh
• Wu (WT Romanisation): khue (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: k'uai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faai³
    • Yale: faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faai³
    • IPA ^(key): /fɑːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khwài
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kʰwa̯i¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè / teh
    • Tâi-lô: tè / teh
    • IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/, /teʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²¹/, /teʔ³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: khue (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɯᴇ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (塊, reconstructed)
Character (塊), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 灰 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 苦對切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰuʌiH/	/kʰuɑ̆iH/	/kʰuᴀiH/	/kʰuoiH/	/kʰwəjH/	/kʰuɒiH/	/kʰuɒiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (塊, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
塊								kuài								‹ khwɛjH ›								/*[kʰ]ˤ<r>uj-s/								clod, lump
塊								kuài								‹ khwojH ›								/*[kʰ]ˤuj-s/								clod; lump
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
塊					4666					鬼					微					2					塊					/*kʰuːls/					說文凷或體
塊					4676					鬼					隊					2					蒯					/*kʰruːds/					或作墤，廣韻只作墤

Definitions

塊

1. piece; chunk; lump; part

   • 把肉切成小塊。 [MSC, trad.]

     把肉切成小块。 [MSC, simp.]

     Bǎ ròu qièchéng xiǎo kuài. [Pinyin]

     Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces.

   • 它被割成了三塊。 [MSC, trad.]

     它被割成了三块。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bèi gē chéng le sān kuài. [Pinyin]

     It was cut into three parts.

2. (colloquial, followed by 錢‎／錢) yuan (元), the Chinese currency or other currency

   一塊錢 / 一块钱  ―  yī kuàiqián  ―  a yuan, a dollar

3. classifier for piece of something (food, cloth, stone); piece of; chunk of
   • 一塊蛋糕 / 一块蛋糕  ―  yī kuài dàngāo  ―  a piece of cake
   • 一塊木頭 / 一块木头  ―  yī kuài mùtóu  ―  a piece of wood

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Japanese

Kanji

塊

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kun: かたまり (katamari), つちくれ (tsuchikure)

Noun

塊 (hiragana かたまり, romaji katamari)

1. lump, mass, clump, clod, glob

Alternative forms

• 固まり

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Korean

Hanja

塊 (goe) (hangeul 괴, McCune-Reischauer koe)

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Vietnamese

Han character

塊 (khối, cỏi, khỏi, hòn, khói)

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