Chinese symbol for “piece”
The closest CC-CEDICT match for piece is 一块 (yī kuài), defined as: a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 这 (zhè)) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感这一块 (qíng gǎn zhè yī kuài) "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “piece”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4] |
| 块 (塊) | kuài | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc |
| 瓣 | bàn | petal; segment |
| 断片 (斷片) | duàn piàn | fragment; piece |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 一块.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一个 (一個) | yī ge | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一样 (一樣) | yī yàng | same; like |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
| 板块 (板塊) | bǎn kuài | slab; (geology) tectonic plate |
| 模块 (模塊) | mó kuài | module (in software); functional unit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “piece”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.