# 塊

| 塊 | U+584A, &#22602; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-584A |
| ← 塉 [U+5849] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 塋 → [U+584B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

塊 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 土竹山戈 (GHUI), four-corner 4611$_3$, composition ⿰土鬼)

#### Derived characters

* 𤐡, 𤮟, 𭻻

#### Related characters

* 块 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 235, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5319
* Dae Jaweon: page 472, character 28
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 464, character 17
* Unihan data for U+584A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 塊 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 謉 | *tkuːlʔ, *krul |
| 瑰 | *kuːl, *ɡuːl |
| 傀 | *kuːl, *kʰuːlʔ |
| 藱 | *kuːl |
| 魁 | *kʰuːl |
| 磈 | *kʰuːlʔ, *qulʔ |
| 塊 | *kʰuːls, *kʰruːds |
| 嵬 | *ŋɡuːl, *ŋɡuːlʔ |
| 隗 | *ŋɡuːlʔ |
| 槐 | *ɡuːl, *ɡruːl |
| 瘣 | *ɡuːlʔ |
| 廆 | *ɡuːlʔ |
| 溾 | *ɡuːlʔ, *qruːl |
| 螝 | *ɡuːls, *krul |
| 褢 | *ɡruːl |
| 騩 | *krul, *kruls, *kul |
| 愧 | *kruls |
| 媿 | *kruls |
| 聭 | *kruls |
| 餽 | *ɡruls |
| 鬼 | *kulʔ |
| 魏 | *ŋɡuls |
| 巍 | *ŋul |
| 犩 | *ŋul, *ŋuls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰuːls, *kʰruːds): semantic 土 (“earth; dust”) + phonetic 鬼 (OC *kulʔ) – clod of dirt.

### Etymology 1

Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): kuài (kuai$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kuai$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): faai$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fai$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kuai$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khoai
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kuai$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): kuai$^2$ / kuai$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ko̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): kuái
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khoài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): go$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$khue
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kuai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuài
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^4$
*** Yale: kwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuay
*** Palladius: куай (kuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuàir
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄞˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuàir
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuai$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: kwàir
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuall
*** Palladius: куайр (kuajr)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: kuai$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kuai
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuai⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faai$^3$
*** Yale: faai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːi̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fai³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kuai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuai²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khoai
*** Hakka Romanization System: kuai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kuai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯ai̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kuai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰuaɪ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: kuai$^2$ / kuai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰuai⁵³/, /kʰuai⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ko̿
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰo³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kuái
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuɑi²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoài
*** Tâi-lô: khuài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qoaix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰuai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuai²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: go$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kò
*** Sinological IPA : /ko²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$khue
*** MiniDict: khue$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$khue
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰue³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: kuai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ai̯⁴¹/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit塊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kʰuai⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kʰuai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kʰuai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kʰuɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kʰuɛ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kʰuai³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kʰuai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kʰuɛ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kʰuɛ⁵³/ /kʰuɛ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kʰuɛ⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kʰuai²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kʰuai⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kʰuai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kʰuai⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kʰuæ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kʰuae⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kʰue̞⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kʰuai⁴⁵/ 一～糖 /kʰuai⁵³/ 糖～～ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kʰuæ⁵³/ /xuæ⁵³/ 一～人 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kʰuɛ⁵⁵/ 兩～錢 /kʰuɛ⁵³/ 石頭～子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰue³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kʰue̞⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /kʰue̞⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /kʰai⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kʰua³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kʰua⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰuai⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kʰuai⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kʰuai²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰuai⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /fai³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /fai³³/ /wai³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /fai³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kʰuai²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰuɑi²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ko²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /xɔi³⁵/ /xuai³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: khwojH
Rime :
| Character | 塊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 苦對切 |
| Baxter | khwojH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰuʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰuoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰuᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰuɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰuɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kuì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fui$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤ<r>uj-s/, /*[kʰ]ˤuj-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰuːls/, /*kʰruːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 塊 | 塊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuài | kuài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khwɛj$^H$ › | ‹ khwoj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[kʰ]ˁ<r>uj-s/ | /*[kʰ]ˁuj-s/ |
| English | clod, lump | clod; lump |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 塊 | 塊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4666 | 4676 |
| Phonetic component | 鬼 | 鬼 |
| Rime group | 微 | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 塊 | 蒯 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰuːls/ | /*kʰruːds/ |
| Notes | 說文凷或體 | 或作墤，廣韻只作墤 |

#### Definitions

塊
* piece; chunk; lump; part
    把肉切成小塊。／把肉切成小块。 ― Bǎ ròu qièchéng xiǎo kuài. ― Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces.
* Classifier for piece of something (food, cloth, stone): piece; chunk; slab
    一塊蛋糕／一块蛋糕 ― yī kuài dàngāo ― a slice of cake
    一塊木頭／一块木头 ― yī kuài mùtóu ― a piece of wood
    呢塊木／呢块木 [Cantonese] ― nei$^1$ faai$^3$ muk$^6$ [Jyutping] ― this piece of wood
    呢塊肉／呢块肉 [Cantonese] ― nei$^1$ faai$^3$ juk$^6$ [Jyutping] ― this slab of meat
       Tā bèi gē chéng le sān kuài. [Pinyin]
       It was cut into three pieces.
* Classifier for areas of land: plot; tract; area
    呢塊地／呢块地 [Cantonese] ― nei$^1$ faai$^3$ dei$^6$ [Jyutping] ― this plot of land
* (colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
       Nǐ gěi sān kuài, jiù kěyǐ le. [Pinyin]
       If you give 3 yuan, it'll be enough.
    一塊錢／一块钱 ― yī kuài qián ― a yuan; a dollar
    九塊一毛／九块一毛 ― jiǔ kuài yī máo ― 9.10 yuan
* (Teochew) place
** 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “無”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 16:
    無處好歇／无处好歇 [Teochew] ― bho$^5$ go$^3$ ho$^2$ hiah$^4$ [Peng'im] ― nowhere to stop
    無處好放／无处好放 [Teochew] ― bho$^5$ go$^3$ ho$^2$ bang$^3$ [Peng'im] ― no place to put it in
* (Sichuanese, obsolete) tomb; grave
    From: 何光遠, 《鑑誡錄·鬼傳》
    Shǔ rén hū lǎoruò wèi bō, fénzhǒng wèi kuài, qí kuài jí Zhào běn xiànggōng fén yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (archaic) calm and indifferent
    Alternative form: 魁
    From: 《穀梁傳·僖公五年》 (Guliang Zhuan)
    Wáng shìzǐ, zǐ yě, kuài rán shòu zhūhóu zhī zūn jǐ, ér lì hū qí wèi, shì bù zǐ yě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (archaic) solitary; alone
    Alternative form: 魁
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Kuài dú shǒu cǐ qū yú xī, rán 欿 qiè ér yǒng tàn. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Diāo zhuó fù pǔ, kuài rán dú yǐ qí xíng lì. Fēn ér fēng zāi, yī yǐ shì zhōng. [Pinyin]
    He put away the carving and sculpture about him, and returned to pure simplicity. Like a solitary clod of earth like that he stood there in his bodily presence. Amid all distractions he was (silent) and shut up in himself. And in this way he continued to the end of his life.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 塊$_1$, 隻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 塊$_2$ GT, 粒 GT |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圓, 元 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 塊$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 塊$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 塊$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 度嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 雞嘢, 皮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 文 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蚊, 個 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 箍, 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蚊, 箍 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蚊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 塊$_1$ |
| Gan | Lichuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Xingning | 吊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 銀, 箍 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 塊$_1$, 蚊 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 盾 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 箍 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 塊$_1$ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 塊$_2$ |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 塊$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 箍 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 銀, 箍, 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 箍, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 個 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 銀, 個 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 個銀, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 箍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 個 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 個 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蚊 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Suzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Danyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 個 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Changsha | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Loudi | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 面 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 面 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 面 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 面 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 面 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 面兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 面 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 面 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 面 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 面 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 面 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 面 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yanqi | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 面 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 面 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 面 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 面 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 面 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 面 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 口, 個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 塊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 面 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 面 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 塊 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 面 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 面 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 面 |
| Jin | Datong | 面 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 面 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 面 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 面 |
| Jin | Linhe | 面 |
| Jin | Jining | 面 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 面 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 面 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 面 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 面 |
| Jin | Handan | 面 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 面 |
| Jin | Suide | 面 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 面 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 面 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 面 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 面 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 面 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 面 |

##### See also

* (Cantonese) 嚿 (gau6)

#### Compounds

* 一塊 / 一块 (yīkuài)
* 一塊兒 / 一块儿 (yīkuàir)
* 一塊肉 / 一块肉
* 一窩一塊 / 一窝一块
* 三窩兩塊 / 三窝两块
* 冰塊 / 冰块 (bīngkuài)
* 卵塊 / 卵块
* 叢塊根 / 丛块根
* 四方塊兒 / 四方块儿
* 土塊 / 土块
* 塊根 / 块根 (kuàigēn)
* 塊然 / 块然 (kuàirán)
* 塊然獨處 / 块然独处
* 塊磊 / 块磊
* 塊莖 / 块茎 (kuàijīng)
* 塊頭 / 块头 (kuàitóu)
* 壘塊 / 垒块
* 大卸八塊 / 大卸八块
* 大塊 / 大块 (dàkuài)
* 大塊兒 / 大块儿
* 大塊文章 / 大块文章
* 大塊頭 / 大块头 (dàkuàitóu)
* 大煠八塊 / 大煠八块
* 大解八塊 / 大解八块
* 大陸板塊 / 大陆板块
* 寢苫枕塊 / 寝苫枕块
* 成團打塊 / 成团打块
* 方塊 / 方块 (fāngkuài)
* 方塊字 / 方块字 (fāngkuàizì)
* 方塊舞 / 方块舞 (fāngkuàiwǔ)
* 板塊 / 板块 (bǎnkuài)
* 枕塊 / 枕块
* 板塊構造 / 板块构造
* 板塊運動 / 板块运动
* 株塊 / 株块
* 模塊 / 模块 (mókuài)
* 消波塊 / 消波块 (xiāobōkuài)
* 炒麵塊子 / 炒面块子
* 瓦塊 / 瓦块
* 痞塊 / 痞块
* 石塊 / 石块 (shíkuài)
* 砌塊建築 / 砌块建筑
* 磊塊 / 磊块
* 累塊積蘇 / 累块积苏
* 腫塊 / 肿块 (zhǒngkuài)
* 苫塊 / 苫块
* 葉塊繁殖 / 叶块繁殖
* 藉草枕塊 / 借草枕块
* 血塊 / 血块 (xuèkuài)
* 這塊兒 / 这块儿
* 酒澆壘塊 / 酒浇垒块
* 韓盧逐塊 / 韩卢逐块
* 風疹塊 / 风疹块 (fēngzhěnkuài)
* 魔術方塊 / 魔术方块 (móshù fāngkuài)

### Etymology 2

Jerry Norman reconstructs Common Min *tɔi$^5$ based on the coastal Min forms; it is unclear how the Northern Min forms relate to the Coastal Min forms. Possibly from 段 (OC *doːns, “section; segment”); compare 短 (OC *toːnʔ, “short”) > Xiamen Hokkien té (Coblin, n.d.).

#### Pronunciation

* Northern Min (KCR): tī
* Eastern Min (BUC): dó̤i
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tè / tèr
    (Teochew, Peng'im): do$^3$
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tī
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤i
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔy²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Jinjiang, Philippines, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
*** Tâi-lô: tè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dex
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Singapore): /te²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /te⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèr
*** Tâi-lô: tèr
*** IPA (Lukang): /tə³¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /tə²¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tə¹²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tə⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: do$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tò
*** Sinological IPA : /to²¹³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit塊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | |
| Mandarin | Harbin | |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | |
| Mandarin | Jinan | |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | |
| Mandarin | Xining | |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | |
| Mandarin | Kunming | |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | |
| Mandarin | Hefei | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | |
| Wu | Shanghai | |
| Wu | Suzhou | |
| Wu | Hangzhou | |
| Wu | Wenzhou | |
| Hui | Shexian | |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | |
| Cantonese | Nanning | |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /te²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tøy³²/ 訓讀 |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰi⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | |

#### Definitions

塊
* (Eastern Min, Hokkien) piece; chunk; lump; part
* (Northern Min, Eastern Min, Hokkien, Leizhou Min) Classifier for piece of something (food, cloth, stone): piece; chunk; slab
* (Northern Min, Eastern Min, colloquial) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
* (Hokkien) Classifier for songs and stories.
* (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew) place
    Alternative forms: 地, 帶 / 带, 處 / 处
    底塊／底块 [Eastern Min] ― diē-dó̤i / [tie³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t-)}$lɔy²¹³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― where
    鎮塊／镇块 [Hokkien] ― tìn-tè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to take up space
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) home
    Alternative form: 地
* (Eastern Min, Hokkien) Classifier for places.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 塊$_1$, 隻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 塊$_2$ GT, 粒 GT |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 圓, 元 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 塊$_1$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 塊$_1$ |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 塊$_1$ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 塊$_1$ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 塊$_1$ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 塊$_1$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 度嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 雞嘢, 皮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 文 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蚊雞 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蚊, 個 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 箍, 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蚊, 箍 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蚊 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蚊 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 塊$_1$ |
| Gan | Lichuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Meixian | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Xingning | 吊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 塊$_1$ |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 銀, 箍 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 塊$_1$, 蚊 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 箍 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 盾 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 箍 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 塊$_1$ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 塊$_1$ |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 塊$_2$ |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 塊$_2$ |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 箍 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 銀, 箍, 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 個, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 箍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 箍, 個銀 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 個 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 銀, 個 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 個銀, 銀 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 銀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 箍 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 個 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 個 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蚊 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蚊, 蚊雞 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Suzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Danyang | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 個 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Changsha | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Loudi | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 塊$_1$ |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 塊$_1$ |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 首, 支 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 首 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 首 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 首 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 支, 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 首, 隻, 支 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 隻, 支 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 支 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 支 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 條 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 條 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 支 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 支 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 支 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 條 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 隻 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 條 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 隻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 條 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 條 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 條 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 條 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 條 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 塊 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 條, 首 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 條 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 條 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 條 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 條 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 首, 條 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 隻 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 隻 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 地兒, 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 地方 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 地界兒, 地兒, 地方 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 地方, 地處 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 地方 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 位分 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 地方, 地頭, 塌塌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 落地, 位子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 地方 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 落地, 地方 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 場子, 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 地方, 埞方, 埞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 地方, 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 地 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 處, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 處 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 處 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 處所 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 地方, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 埞方, 埞 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 地方 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 落地 |
| Gan | Pengze | 位置 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 所在 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 地方 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 埞 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 埞 |
| Hakka | Changting | 地方 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 地方 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 壇裡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 地方 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 地方 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 許在, 許塊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 地方 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 地方 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 地方, 所在 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 地方 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 所在 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 所在 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 地方, 所在, 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 地方, 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 地方, 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 位處, 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 地道 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 位場 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 所在 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 所在 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 位處 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 所在, 底仔 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 佇位 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 位處 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 所在 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 地方, 所在 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 所在, 地方 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 所在, 地方 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 地方 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 位處 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 位處 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 停場 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 場所 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 場所 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 塊$_2$ |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 埞 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Yangshuo (Jima) | 地方 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 地方, 場化 dated, 戶蕩 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 所在 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 場化 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 所塊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 地方, 戶蕩 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 地方, 塢探, 塢碎 rare, 塢埰, 塢宕, 塢湯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 地方 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 地方 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 地方 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 場所, 地方 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 地方 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 地方 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 家 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 家, 屋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屋頭, 家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屋裡, 家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 家, 家頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 家 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 屋企, 企 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 屋企, 企 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 屋己 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 屋己, 屋 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 屋己 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 屋企 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屋裡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 屋 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 屋 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 屋家 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Changting | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 屋下 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 家 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 厝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 厝 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 兜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 兜, 塊 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 塊, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 塊, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 厝, 厝內, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 內 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 內 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 內 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 內 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 厝, 內 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 內 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 內 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 厝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 厝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 厝 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 寮 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 寮 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 寮 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 寮 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 寮 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 寮 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 寮 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 寮 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 寮 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 寮 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 寮 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 寮 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 寮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屋裡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 屋裡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屋落, 屋裡 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 屋裡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 屋裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 屋裡 |

#### Compounds

* 佇塊 / 伫块
* 底塊 / 底块
* 鎮塊 / 镇块

### Further reading

* “塊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* “塊”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
* Kun: かたまり (katamari, 塊, Jōyō)、つちくれ (tsuchikure, 塊)

#### Compounds

* 酸(ス)塊(グリ) (suguri)
* 松塊(マツホド) (matsuhodo)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 塊
* かたまり Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 塊 – see the following entry. :
| 【固かたまり】 | [noun] lump, mass, clump, clod, glob |
(This term, 塊, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 塊
* かい Grade: S
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 塊 (MC khwojH).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠i]

#### Affix

塊(かい) • (kai)
* lump, mass, chunk, clod

##### Derived terms

* 塊茎(かいけい) (kaikei)
* 塊鉱(かいこう) (kaikō)
* 塊根(かいこん) (kaikon)
* 塊(かい)状(じょう) (kaijō)
* 塊然(かいぜん) (kaizen)
* 塊村(かいそん) (kaison)
* 塊炭(かいたん) (kaitan)
* 塊(かい)土(ど) (kaido)
* 一塊(いっかい) (ikkai)
* 岩塊(がんかい) (gankai)
* 凝(ぎょう)塊(かい) (gyōkai)
* 金塊(きんかい) (kinkai)
* 血塊(けっかい) (kekkai)
* 山塊(さんかい) (sankai)
* 集(しゅう)塊(かい) (shūkai)
* 小(しょう)塊(かい) (shōkai)
* 水塊(すいかい) (suikai)
* 石塊(せっかい) (sekkai)
* 団塊(だんかい) (dankai)
* 地(ち)塊(かい) (chikai)
* 鋳(ちゅう)塊(かい) (chūkai)
* 土(ど)塊(かい) (dokai)
* 肉塊(にくかい) (nikukai), 肉塊(にっかい) (nikkai)
* 氷(ひょう)塊(かい) (hyōkai)
* 糞塊(ふんかい) (funkai)
* 磊塊(らいかい) (raikai)
* 卵塊(らんかい) (rankai)
* 陸塊(りくかい) (rikukai)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 塊 (MC khwojH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean 쾽〮 (Yale: khwóy) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 괴〯 (kwǒy) (Yale: kwǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kwe̞] ~ [kø̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [궤/괴]

### Hanja

Wikisource 塊 (eumhun 덩어리 괴 (deong'eori goe))
* hanja form of 괴 (“piece; chunk; lump”)

#### Compounds

* 강괴 (剛塊, ganggoe)
* 단괴 (團塊, dan'goe)
* 대괴 (大塊, daegoe)
* 금괴 (金塊, geumgoe)
* 빙괴 (氷塊, binggoe)
* 산괴 (山塊, san'goe)
* 괴상 (塊狀, goesang)
* 괴근 (塊根, goegeun)
* 괴석 (塊石, goeseok)
* 광괴 (鑛塊, gwanggoe)
* 괴탄 (塊炭, goetan)
* 분괴 (分塊, bun'goe)
* 석되 (石塊, seokdoe)
* 설괴 (雪塊, seolgoe)
* 혈괴 (血塊, hyeolgoe)
* 괴광 (塊鑛, goegwang)
* 괴금 (塊金, goegeum)
* 괴철 (塊鐵, goecheol)
* 괴촌 (塊村, goechon)
* 괴토 (塊土, goeto)
* 근괴 (根塊, geun'goe)
* 토괴 (土塊, togoe)
* 강괴 (鋼塊, ganggoe)
* 일괴 (一塊, ilgoe)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

塊: Hán Nôm readings: khối, cỏi, khỏi, hòn, khói
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