Kanji Detail for 劫 - "eon, eternity, vast"

劫

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
劫 means "eon, eternity, vast."
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.
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

goh(ゴウ)

koh(コウ)

kyoh(キョウ)
Kunyomi

obiya.kasu(おびや-かす)
Strokes

7 strokes
Radical

力 (chikara)
Related Keywords
eon kalpa eternity ages cosmic Buddhist time eternal vast immense threaten coerce Go game cycle transformation endurance patience persistence infinite