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Kanji Detail for 劫 - "eon, to intimidate"

劫

  • Meaning

    劫 means "eon, to intimidate." Also associated with to rob.

    1. To threaten - To intimidate; to coerce.

    2. To plunder - To steal; to seize by force.

    3. Eon - An extremely long time (Buddhist term).

    4. Ko - A formation in the game of Go.

  • Four-character idioms with 劫

    • 万劫末代 まんごうまつだい Listen eternity; through all eternity; for evermore
    • 未来永劫 みらいえいごう Listen forevermore; for eternity
    • 永劫回帰 えいごうかいき Listen eternal recurrence; eternal return

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    • Verified meaning: eon, to intimidate
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: to rob

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

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    goh(ゴウ) ゴウ

    koh(コウ) コウ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    obiya.kasu(おびや-かす) おびや-かす

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    力 (chikara)

  • Related Keywords

    eon to intimidate to rob ko aeon age coerce epoch eternity kalpa threaten plunder long duration

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