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kuài HSK1

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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