塊
塊 — Clod
clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
On’yomiカイ (kai)
On’yomiケ (ke)
Kun’yomiかたまり (katamari)
Kun’yomiつちくれ (tsuchikure)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 塊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塊 | かたまり katamari | lump; mass; bundle |
| 団塊 | だんかい dankai | mass; lump; clod |
| 金塊 | きんかい kinkai | gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar |
| 山塊 | さんかい sankai | mountain mass; massif |
Study notes
塊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1800 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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