砌块
qì​kuài

block

砌 qì to build

To cut 切 stone 石; 切 also provides the pronunciation

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
切
切 SoundMeaning component
qiè, qiē cut

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰiːds
Unicodetsèi

說文解字

階甃也。从石切聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

块 kuài piece Simplified

Simplified form of 塊. Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
夬
夬 Sound component
guài, jué parted

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica

塊 kuài lump Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 鬼 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
鬼
鬼 Sound component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhweajH[kʰ]ˤ<r>uj-s clod, lump
khwojH[kʰ]ˤuj-s clod; lump

說文解字

《說文》：“凷，墣也。从土，一屈象形。塊，凷或从鬼。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)