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塊 means 'clod'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 1641   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-27    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 54 words   Used in 13 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カイ
Kun
   かたまり clod, lump
Additional readings
On    ケ
Kun    つちくれ
Variants
块 (Chinese)  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 塊 - click the badge to download
If you're a 'lump' of something in Japanese, you have too much of one quality, as if you were actually made of that thing. When lobbing such criticism, people combine 塊 with abstract nouns. For instance, "利己心の塊 (りこしんのかたまり: lump of selfishness)" means that someone is the very incarnation of selfishness. Learn about lumps, from the literal to the metaphorical. Also find out how to talk about clusters in space and time.
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⿰  土 ground; earth  鬼 ogre  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 塊 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 塊 is used 44 times, read 2 ways.
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さ ん か い 0
noun
mountain mass
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かたまり : 5 words FIND ALL
か た ま り 0
noun
1. lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster
2. group; crowd
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An additional 9 less common words include 塊 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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塊
カイ   かたまり clod, lump   
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鬼
キ   おに ogre   
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甶
stony rice field
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丶
dot   
田
デン   た rice field   
厶
ム   private
儿
legs
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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