塊 (Kangxi radical 32,土+10, 13 strokes,cangjie input土竹山戈 (GHUI),four-corner4611₃,composition⿰土鬼)

• 𤐡,𤮟,𭻻

• 块(Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 235, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5319
• Dae Jaweon: page 472, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 464, character 17
• Unihan data for U+584A

Historical forms of the character塊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*kʰuːls, *kʰruːds): semantic 土(“earth; dust”) + phonetic 鬼(OC*kulʔ) – clod of dirt.

Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

塊

1. piece;chunk;lump;part

   把肉切成小塊。／把肉切成小块。  ― Bǎ ròu qièchéng xiǎokuài.  ―  Cut the meat into bite-sizedpieces.

2. Classifier for piece of something (food,cloth,stone): piece; chunk;slab

   一塊蛋糕／一块蛋糕  ― yīkuài dàngāo  ―  aslice of cake

   一塊木頭／一块木头  ― yīkuài mùtóu  ―  apiece of wood

   呢塊木／呢块木[Cantonese]  ― nei¹faai³ muk⁶[Jyutping]  ―  thispiece of wood

   呢塊肉／呢块肉[Cantonese]  ― nei¹faai³ juk⁶[Jyutping]  ―  thisslab of meat

   它被割成了三塊。[MSC,trad.]
   它被割成了三块。[MSC,simp.]

   Tā bèi gē chéng le sānkuài.[Pinyin]

   It was cut into threepieces.

3. Classifier forareas ofland: plot;tract; area

   呢塊地／呢块地[Cantonese]  ― nei¹faai³ dei⁶[Jyutping]  ―  thisplot of land

4. (colloquial)Classifier formoney: yuan;dollar;buck

   你給三塊，就可以了。[MSC,trad.]
   你给三块，就可以了。[MSC,simp.]

   Nǐ gěi sānkuài, jiù kěyǐ le.[Pinyin]

   If you give 3yuan, it'll be enough.

   一塊錢／一块钱  ― yīkuài qián  ―  ayuan; adollar

   九塊一毛／九块一毛  ― jiǔkuài yī máo  ―  9.10yuan

5. (Teochew)place
   • 1883,Adele Marion Fielde, “無”, inA Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press,page16:

     無處好歇／无处好歇[Teochew]  ― bho⁵go³ ho² hiah⁴[Peng'im]  ―  nowhere to stop

     無處好放／无处好放[Teochew]  ― bho⁵go³ ho² bang³[Peng'im]  ―  no place to put it in

6. (Sichuanese, obsolete)tomb;grave

   • 蜀人呼老弱為波，墳塚為塊，其塊即趙畚相公墳也。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     蜀人呼老弱为波，坟冢为块，其块即赵畚相公坟也。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:何光遠,《鑑誡錄·鬼傳》

     Shǔ rén hū lǎoruò wèi bō, fénzhǒng wèikuài, qíkuài jí Zhào běn xiànggōng fén yě.[Pinyin]

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7. (archaic)calm andindifferent

   Alternative form:魁

   • 王世子，子也，塊然受諸侯之尊己，而立乎其位，是不子也。[MSC,trad.]
     王世子，子也，块然受诸侯之尊己，而立乎其位，是不子也。[MSC,simp.]

     From:《穀梁傳·僖公五年》 (Guliang Zhuan)

     Wáng shìzǐ, zǐ yě,kuài rán shòu zhūhóu zhī zūn jǐ, ér lì hū qí wèi, shì bù zǐ yě.[Pinyin]

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8. (archaic)solitary;alone

   Alternative form:魁

   • 塊獨守此曲隅兮，然欿切而永歎。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     块独守此曲隅兮，然欿切而永叹。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From: TheVerses of Chu, 4^th centuryBCE – 2^nd centuryCE

     Kuài dú shǒu cǐ qū yú xī, rán 欿 qiè ér yǒng tàn.[Pinyin]

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   • 彫琢復朴，塊然獨以其形立。紛而封哉，一以是終。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     雕琢复朴，块然独以其形立。纷而封哉，一以是终。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuriesBCE

     Diāo zhuó fù pǔ,kuài rán dú yǐ qí xíng lì. Fēn ér fēng zāi, yī yǐ shì zhōng.[Pinyin]

     He put away the carving and sculpture about him, and returned to pure simplicity.Like a solitary clod of earth like that he stood there in his bodily presence. Amid all distractions he was (silent) and shut up in himself. And in this way he continued to the end of his life.

• (Cantonese)嚿 (gau6)

Jerry Norman reconstructs Common Min*tɔi⁵ based on the coastal Min forms; it is unclear how the Northern Min forms relate to the Coastal Min forms. Possibly from段 (OC*doːns, “section; segment”); compare短 (OC*toːnʔ, “short”) > XiamenHokkienté (Coblin, n.d.).

塊

1. (Eastern Min, Hokkien)piece;chunk;lump;part
2. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien, Leizhou Min)Classifier for piece of something (food,cloth,stone): piece; chunk;slab
3. (Northern Min, Eastern Min, colloquial)Classifier formoney: yuan;dollar;buck
4. (Hokkien)Classifier forsongs andstories.
5. (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)place

   Alternative forms:地,帶 /带,處 /处

   底塊／底块[Eastern Min]  ― diē-dó̤i /[tie³³⁻⁵⁵^(t-)lɔy²¹³][Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  where

   鎮塊／镇块[Hokkien]  ― tìn-tè[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to take upspace

6. (Taiwanese Hokkien)home

   Alternative form:地

7. (Eastern Min, Hokkien)Classifier forplaces.