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Kanji Detail for 劫 - "eon, eternity, vast"
劫
- Meaning
劫 means "eon, eternity, vast."
To threaten - To intimidate; to coerce.
To plunder - To steal; to seize by force.
Eon - An extremely long time (Buddhist term).
Ko - A formation in the game of Go.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
threat; long ages
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
take by force, coerce; disaster
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
variant of 劫[jie2]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To seize by force. Such as 搶劫 (rob), 劫掠 (plunder), meaning to forcibly take others' property. | To coerce by force. Such as 劫制, meaning to coerce by force so one doesn't dare refuse. | Calamity is called 劫. Buddhist scriptures say one formation and destruction of heaven and earth is called 一劫. Such as 歷勢不磨 (enduring through ages).
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