塊 – clod, lump, chunk

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The kanji 塊 means clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ、ケ (kai, ke); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かたまり、つちくれ (katamari, tsuchikure). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
On’yomi	ケ	ke
Kun’yomi	かたまり	katamari
Kun’yomi	つちくれ	tsuchikure

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 鬼・田・土・儿・匕・厶.

Words using 塊

塊かたまりlump

Example sentences

巨大な肉の塊が当たった。

I was hit by a huge chunk of meat.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.