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IDENTITY

kuàipiece; yuan (colloquial)

HSK 1Top 580

CORE MEANING

piece; yuan (colloquial)

Part of speech
noun
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.piece; lumpHSK2
  2. 2.yuan (money)HSK1

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
earth radical (tǔ)
strokes
7
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰土夬
    • earth; lump
    • gives the sound kuài

USAGE

Common words

一块yí kuàione piece; one yuan
石块shíkuàistone block

Graded examples

  • 一杯咖啡十块钱。Yì bēi kāfēi shí kuài qián.HSK2

    A cup of coffee is ten yuan.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

A lump of earth (土) — a piece, a block; coins as blocks of money.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#580
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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