Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1800 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass

Kunyomi: かたまり つちくれ

Onyomi: カイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カイケイ tuber

カイコウ lump ore

ダンカイ mass, lump, clod, clump, nodule, baby boom generation (of 1947-1949), babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)

サンカイ mountain mass, massif

Kunyomi Examples

かたまり lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster, group, crowd, embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification

かたまりにく chunk of meat (e.g. for grilling), joint of meat

いっかい one lump, one group

拝金主義の はいきんしゅぎのかたまり money-worshiper