塊
lump; clod; chunk; clot; mass
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1800.
Readings
- かたまり (kun reading): 塊 (かたまり) lump; 塊魂 (かたまりだましい) Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
- カイ (on reading): 山塊 (さんかい) mountain mass; 金塊 (きんかい) gold nugget
- つちくれ (kun reading): 土塊 (つちくれ) lump of earth
- ケ (on reading)
- Read as a whole word: 赤酸塊 (あかすぐり) redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); 房酸塊 (ふさすぐり) cultivated currant (Ribes altissimum)
Components
- 土
- 鬼
- 儿 radical legs
- 匕 radical spoon
- 厶 radical private
- 土 radical earth
- 田 radical rice field
- 鬼 radical ghost; demon
Words using 塊
- 塊 (かたまり) lump
- 塊魂 (かたまりだましい) Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
- 塊肉 (かたまりにく) chunk of meat (e.g. for grilling)
- 血の塊 (ちのかたまり) clot of blood
- 遠慮の塊 (えんりょのかたまり) the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves)
- 山塊 (さんかい) mountain mass
- 金塊 (きんかい) gold nugget
- 肉塊 (にくかい) lump of meat
- 塊茎 (かいけい) tuber
- 岩塊 (がんかい) mass of rock
- 土塊 (つちくれ) lump of earth
- 赤酸塊 (あかすぐり) redcurrant (Ribes rubrum)
- 房酸塊 (ふさすぐり) cultivated currant (Ribes altissimum)
61 words in all.