piece; lump; measure word for pieces; kuài, the colloquial money word
块 names lumps and pieces and counts them; in money talk, kuài is the colloquial word for a yuan.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
The header says left meaning, right sound, while the detailed entry explains the older 塊 with 鬼 as its sound side before simplification. The modern shape pairs 土 with 夬; 夬 is shown as the modern right-side piece, not as the source-named sound side.
WHOLE CHARACTER
piece; lump; measure word for pieces; kuài, the colloquial money word
块 names lumps and pieces and counts them; in money talk, kuài is the colloquial word for a yuan.
The header says left meaning, right sound, while the detailed entry explains the older 塊 with 鬼 as its sound side before simplification. The modern shape pairs 土 with 夬; 夬 is shown as the modern right-side piece, not as the source-named sound side.
MEANING
earth; soil
Repeated in 垚.
In 块: meaning Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
MODERN RIGHT-SIDE PIECE (FROM SIMPLIFICATION)
an archaic graph
The sound side named by ZDIC in 快; in 块 it is the modern remnant piece after simplification from 塊.
In 块: modern right-side piece (from simplification) A remnant shape after 塊 was simplified; the detailed entry names 鬼 as the earlier sound side.
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