Dong Chinese dictionary

kuài

piece

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 鬼 represents the sound.

Components

土 Meaning component

tǔ

earth

鬼 Sound component

guǐ

ghost

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kuài

piece, lump; dollar; lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units

Most common words with 塊

Sources