Moto 塊: Clod; Lump; ChunkKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カイ、ケ
- Kun'yomi
- かたまり、つちくれ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 62 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カイ・ケ)
- 団塊だんかいmass; lump
- 山塊さんかいmountain mass; massif
- 金塊きんかいgold nugget; gold bullion
- マンガン団塊マンガンだんかいmanganese nodule
- 一塊いっかいone lump; one group
- 一塊肉いっかいにくonly child
- 傾動地塊けいどうちかいtilt block; tilted fault block
- 冷水塊れいすいかいcold water mass
- 凝塊ぎょうかいclot
- 卵塊らんかいegg sack (frog, spider, etc.); egg mass
- 団塊の世代だんかいのせだいbaby boom generation (of 1947-1949)
- 団塊ジュニアだんかいジュニアsecond-generation baby boomer (born 1971-1974)
- 団塊世代だんかいせだいthe babyboomers; the baby boom generation
- 地塊ちかいlandmass; block
- 地塊運動ちかいうんどうblock movement
- 塊土かいどlump of earth
- 塊村かいそんagglomerated village
- 塊根かいこんtuberous root
- 塊炭かいたんlump charcoal; lump coal
- 塊然かいぜんisolated; immobile
- 塊状かいじょうmassive; bulk
- 塊状溶岩かいじょうようがんblock lava
- 塊茎かいけいtuber
- 塊鉱かいこうlump ore
- 大陸塊たいりくかいcontinental block; continental landmass
- 安定陸塊あんていりくかいstable land-mass
- 小塊しょうかいsmall lump; knob
- 岩塊がんかいmass of rock; rock lump
- 水塊すいかいwater mass
- 氷塊ひょうかいlump of ice; block of ice
- 磊塊らいかいdiscontent; being weighed down emotionally
- 糞塊ふんかいfecaloma; fecalith
- 肉塊にくかいlump of meat; piece of flesh
- 血塊けっかいblood clot
- 金塊市場きんかいしじょうgold market; gold bullion market
- 金塊相場きんかいそうばgold bullion quotation; gold rate
- 鉄塊てっかいlump of iron; iron ingot
- 銀塊ぎんかいsilver nugget; silver ingot
- 鋳塊ちゅうかいingot; pig
- 陸塊りくかいlandmass
- 集塊しゅうかいagglomerate (e.g. of cells, molecules, etc.); aggregation
- 雪塊せっかいlump of snow; snowpack
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 塊かたまりlump; mass
- 塊肉かたまりにくchunk of meat (e.g. for grilling); joint of meat
- 拝金主義の塊はいきんしゅぎのかたまりmoney-worshiper
- 欲の塊よくのかたまりincarnation of selfishness; lump of avarice
- 血の塊ちのかたまりclot of blood
- 遠慮の塊えんりょのかたまりthe last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves)
Other readings
- ひと塊いっかいone lump; one group
- ひと塊りいっかいone lump; one group
- アメリカ塊芋アメリカほどいもpotato bean (Apios americana); hog peanut
- 一塊りいっかいone lump; one group
- 土塊つちくれlump of earth; clod
- 塊まりかたまりlump; mass
- 房酸塊ふさすぐりcultivated currant (Ribes altissimum)
- 松塊まつほどPoria cocos (species of basidiomycete used in Chinese medicine)
- 石塊いしころstone; rock
- 西洋酸塊せいようすぐり(European) gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)
- 赤酸塊あかすぐりredcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
- 酸塊すぐりgooseberry; currant
Showing the 60 most common of 62 words. See them all in the graph.
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