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塊 = 土 + 鬼

塊 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “clod”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 鬼 (ghost). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2180.

Keyword
clod
RTK frame
2180
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ, ケ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かたまり, つちくれ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
густой
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
塊 piece

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 鬼 ghost

How to find 塊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “ghost”. 塊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 塊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.