劫

See also: 刦

Translingual

Han character

劫 (radical 19 力+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土戈大尸 (GIKS), X土戈大尸 (XGIKS), four-corner 4772₀, composition ⿰去力)

1. take by force, coerce
2. disaster

References

• KangXi: page 146, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2316
• Dae Jaweon: page 331, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 367, character 12
• Unihan data for U+52AB

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		劫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jié (jie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gip³
• Min Nan (POJ): kiap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jié
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chieh²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gip³
    • Yale: gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gip⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /kiːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
    • Tâi-lô: kiap
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiap̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (劫, reconstructed)
Character (劫), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 業 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 居怯切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɨɐp̚/	/ki̯ɐp̚/	/kiap̚/	/kiɐp̚/	/kɨap̚/	/kĭɐp̚/	/kiɐp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (劫, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
劫								jié								‹ kjæp ›								/*k(r)ap/								rob
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
劫					6438					劫					盍					1					劫					/*kab/					荀子從刀，又譯kalpa
劫					10694					去					盍					1					劫					/*kab/					荀子從刀，又梵譯kalpa

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Japanese

Kanji

劫

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Kanji in this term

劫

こう Jinmeiyō

on'yomi

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan’yōon: ごう (gō)
• Kun: おびやかす (obiyakasu)

Noun

劫 (hiragana こう, romaji kō)

1. (Buddhism) kalpa

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Korean

Hanja

劫 (geop) (hangeul 겁, revised geop, McCune-Reischauer kŏp)

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