塊
kuài HSK1

lump

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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)