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块

kuài

piece; yuan (colloquial)

piece; yuan (colloquial)
Memory picture

Character

块 kuài

Strokes
7
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 夬 decisive, certain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 一杯茶三块钱。 Yì bēi chá sān kuài qián. A cup of tea is three yuan.
  • 这本书十块钱。 Zhè běn shū shí kuài qián. This book is ten yuan.
  • 给我一块钱。 Gěi wǒ yí kuài qián. Give me one yuan.

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