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塊

clod
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingカイ、ケ
Kun readingかたまり、つちくれ

Meanings

  1. clodRtK
    誰がここに金塊を埋めたのだろう。Who buried the gold bars here?tatoeba
    石の塊はセメントで接合された。The blocks of stone were jointed with cement.tatoeba
  2. lump
    面疔ができた。小鼻の奥に1個、痛い塊がある。I have a facial boil. There's a painful lump at the back of one nostril.tatoeba
  3. chunk
    巨大な肉の塊が当たった。I was hit by a huge chunk of meat.tatoeba
  4. clot
  5. mass
  1. bundle
  2. clump

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · ghost · oni · drop (丶) · brains · rice field (田) · human legs (儿) · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2180

Compound words

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 塊

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step