HSK 1 · Shopping & money

块

kuài

yuan (unit of money, spoken)

Stroke order of 块

块 is written with 7 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Earth '土' broken into chunks '夬' — lumps of money, yuan.

Parts: 土 earth + 夬 (phonetic, 'break apart')

Example sentence

这个苹果三块钱。

This apple costs three yuan.

Words with 块

一块儿together

More words: Shopping & money

买to buy 钱money 钱包wallet 毛ten cents (spoken)元yuan 贵expensive 商店shop; store 商场shopping mall 东西thing; stuff 票ticket 门票admission ticket 书店bookstore 包bag; to wrap

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