clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
塊 centers on a solid, gathered mass: a clod of earth, a lump, a chunk, or a clot. The idea is something that has come together into a single dense form.
塊 combines 土 (earth) with 鬼, which likely contributes the sound カイ and the idea of something rounded or lump-like. The exact historical development of 鬼 in this character is uncertain.
The left side is earth 土, and the right side is a demon 鬼. Imagine a demon scooping up a big clod of earth and throwing it as a lumpy mass.
For カイ, picture a giant clod of earth shaped like a kite: kite -> カイ, and the demon is flying it like a lumpy kite.
lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster
mass; lump; clod; clump
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
mountain mass; massif
gooseberry; currant
tuber
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
potato bean (Apios americana); hog peanut; hopniss; Indian potato; groundnut; ground pea
pre-babyboomers (children born between 1943 and 1946 in Japan)
third-generation baby-boomer (people born between 1975 and 1982)
manganese nodule
one lump; one group
only child
tilt block; tilted fault block
cold water mass
clot
aggregate; clump
egg sack (frog, spider, etc.); egg mass
baby boom generation (of 1947-1949)
second-generation baby boomer (born 1971-1974)