枕块
zhěn​kuài

clay-pillowing

枕 zhěn pillow

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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-SagarttsyimX[t.k][ə]mʔpillow
tsyimH[t.k][ə]mʔ-suse as a pillow
Zhengzhangl'um
ʔljumʔ
ʔljums
Unicodejǐm

說文解字

臥所薦首者。从木冘聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang 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)