块 kuài piece; coin

Made up of [夬 guài decisive , 土 tǔ earth; soil radical 32]
This measure word can be used with these nouns: 田 tián (field) 钱 qián (money)
Alternative traditional form of character: 塊
Made with 7 strokes.

The earth radical gives the idea of a 'lump' or 'piece' of ground, 'guai' gives rough phonetic. Measure word for anything made up of pieces or chunks

Related characters


Also uses 夬 guài component: 快 kuài (rapid)
Also uses 土 tǔ component: 场 cháng (threshing floor) 城 chéng (city) ; 地 dì (earth) ; 圭 guī (jade tablet) ; 圭 guī (jade tablet) ; 黑 hēi (black) ; 疆 jiāng (border) ; 里 lǐ (inside) ; 陵 líng (mound) ; 去 qù (go) ; 丧 sàng (to lose) ; 圣 shèng (holy) ; 寺 sì (Buddhist temple) ; 在 zài (exist) ; 至 zhì (to arrive) ; 周 zhōu (circuit) ; 走 zǒu (walk) ; 座 zuò (seat) ; 坐 zuò (sit)

Sounds same

筷 kuài (chopsticks) ; 快 kuài (rapid)

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Pronunciation

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Phrases

给 我 五 百 五 十 三 块 gěi wǒ wǔ bǎi wǔ shí sān kuài Give me 553 kuai