Hanja Analyzer
塊

塊 — goe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
흙덩이 괴
Romanization
goe
English
piece, lump; dollar
Mandarin
kuài
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
かたまり つちくれ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,800 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
凷
Radical
土 (32, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+584A

Parts that make up 塊

  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
  • 鬼 귀신 귀 탈을 쓴 듯한 얼굴을 한 사람귀신과 넋

How 塊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 塊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 鬼.

Korean example words with 塊

  • 은괴銀塊 Korean gloss: 은 덩어리
  • 빙괴氷塊 Korean gloss: 얼음의 덩이
  • 암괴巖塊 Korean gloss: 바위의 덩어리
  • 석괴石塊 Korean gloss: 돌멩이보다 크고 바위보다 작은 돌
  • 아연괴亞鉛塊 Korean gloss: 아연의 덩이
  • 철광괴鐵鑛塊 Korean gloss: 철강의 덩어리
  • 금은괴金銀塊 Korean gloss: 금괴와 은괴를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 금괴金塊 Korean gloss: 황금의 덩이.
  • 설괴雪塊 Korean gloss: 눈의 덩어리.
  • 소괴小塊 Korean gloss: 작은 덩어리.
  • 광괴鑛塊 Korean gloss: 광석의 덩어리.
  • 냉괴冷塊 Korean gloss: 차가운 덩어리.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 塊

  • 塊かたまり lump; mass; bundle
  • 団塊だんかい mass; lump; clod
  • 金塊きんかい gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar
  • 山塊さんかい mountain mass; massif
  • 一塊いっかい one lump; one group
  • 塊根かいこん tuberous root
  • 塊状かいじょう massive; bulk; block-like
  • 凝塊ぎょうかい clot
  • 集塊しゅうかい agglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation; mass
  • 土塊つちくれ lump of earth; clod
  • 肉塊にくかい lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
  • 氷塊ひょうかい lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe

Other hanja read “괴”

Other hanja with radical 土

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