块

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

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 夬 sound ( guài )

Components 土夬

lump · Heisig RSH #1275

土 soil + guillotine

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一块儿	yī kuài r	erhua variant of 一塊\|一块[yi1 kuai4]
大块头	dà kuài tóu	heavy man; fat man; lunkhead; lummox; lug
块儿八毛	kuài r bā máo	one yuan or less; around 80 cents or one dollar
拉丁方块	Lā dīng fāng kuài	Latin square (math. puzzle)
板块理论	bǎn kuài lǐ lùn	plate tectonics
模块化理论	mó kuài huà lǐ lùn	modularity theory
方块字	fāng kuài zì	Chinese characters
金银块	jīn yín kuài	bullion
俄罗斯方块	É luó sī Fāng kuài	Tetris (video game)
质量块	zhì liàng kuài	a mass; a body
一块	yī kuài	a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這\|这[zhe4]) asp…
区块	qū kuài	block; segment; section; sector; area
块头	kuài tóu	size; body size
地块	dì kuài	parcel of land; (geology) massif
模块单元	mó kuài dān yuán	modular unit
块体	kuài tǐ	a block; body of person or animal as a block
全局模块	quán jú mó kuài	global module
石块	shí kuài	stone; rock
模块化	mó kuài huà	modularity
方块	fāng kuài	cube; block; square; diamond ♦ (in card games)

Characters sharing the sound component 夬 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
夬 sound part	guài	decisive, certain; parted; fork
缺	quē	to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit
袂	mèi	sleeves
炔	quē	acetylene
鴂	jué	tailorbird; working bird
觖	jué	to long for; to criticize; dissatisfied