块

kuài

lump; chunk; piece

classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

earth (土) + sound (夬) = a lump or chunk

Think of a clod of dirt — a natural lump pulled from the earth. 夬 gives the sound kuài and carries no meaning here; the earth radical does all the semantic work.

土+夬→块
土EarthSemantic
夬No semantic contribution herePhonetic

桌上有一块蛋糕,你想吃吗?

zhuō shàng yǒu yī kuài dàn gāo,nǐ xiǎng chī ma?

There is a piece of cake on the table, do you want to eat it?

他花了五块钱买了一块香皂。

tā huā le wǔ kuài qián mǎi le yī kuài xiāng zào。

He spent five yuan to buy a bar of soap.

Words with 块

一块儿

yī kuài r

erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4]

血块

xuè kuài

blood clot

一块

yī kuài

a piece; a chunk

块儿八毛

kuài r bā máo

one yuan or less

金银块

jīn yín kuài

bullion

鸡块

jī kuài

chicken nugget

雹块

báo kuài

hailstone

魔术方块

mó shù fāng kuài

magic cube

鲁毕克方块

lǔ bì kè fāng kuài

magic cube

麦块

mài kuài

(Tw) Minecraft

俄罗斯方块

é luó sī fāng kuài

Tetris (video game)

全局模块

quán jú mó kuài

global module

More characters with 土

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