Kanji

塊

塊

clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

土部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カイ, ケ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かたまり, つちくれ

Common Readings

カイ, かたまり

Example sentences

塊 かたまり
コーヒー の 中 に 砂糖 の 塊 が ある

There is a lump of sugar in the coffee.

金塊 きんかい
金庫 から 大量 の 金塊 が 見つかった 。

A large amount of gold bars were found in the safe.

土塊 つちくれ
足元 の 土塊 を 蹴飛ばした

I kicked the clod of earth at my feet.

金塊珠礫 きんかいしゅれき
贅沢 の 限り を 尽くした その 宮殿 では 、 黄金 を 土塊 の よう に 扱う 金塊珠礫 の 有様 だった 。

In the palace where every luxury was exhausted, it was a scene of gold being treated like clumps of earth and gems like pebbles.

Example Vocabulary

塊

かたまり

lump; mass; cluster; clod

肉塊

にくかい

金塊

きんかい

gold nugget; gold bar

鉄塊

てっかい

氷塊

ひょうかい

一塊

いっかい

土塊

つちくれ

clod of earth; lump of soil

岩塊

がんかい

石塊

いしころ

ひと塊

ひとかたまり

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