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Character #308 · The First 1000

kuài

lump/piece

lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc

Strokes
713
TraditionalSimplified
塊 块
Poster cell
AB11
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • yīkuài a piece; together
  • bīngkuài ice cube
  • shíkuài stone
  • fāngkuài square; cube
  • qiēkuài to cut into pieces
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 块塊

Write 块塊 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, kuài, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

A4 PDF US Letter PDF
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell AB11 · 28 × 36 grid

块塊 is #308 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 块 mean in English?
块 (kuài) means "lump/piece": lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc.
How do you pronounce 块?
块 is pronounced kuài in pinyin, with the fourth (falling) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄎㄨㄞˋ.
How many strokes does 块 have?
The simplified form, 块, has 7 strokes. The traditional form, 塊, has 13.
What is the traditional form of 块?
The traditional form of 块 is 塊. 块 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 塊 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 块?
Common words that use 块 include 一块 (yīkuài, a piece; together), 冰块 (bīngkuài, ice cube), 石块 (shíkuài, stone), 方块 (fāngkuài, square; cube).
How common is 块?
块 is number 308 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell AB11 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.