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劫
劫
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See also: 刦
Translingual
Han character
劫 (radical 19 力+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土戈大尸 (GIKS) or X土戈大尸 (XGIKS), four-corner 47720, composition ⿰去力)
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
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
劫 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 劫
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (去) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 佉 | *kʰal |
| 呿 | *kʰal, *kʰas, *kʰab |
| 抾 | *kʰɯ, *kʰɯ, *kʰab |
| 弆 | *kaʔ, *kʰaʔ |
| 祛 | *kʰa |
| 袪 | *kʰa |
| 阹 | *kʰa |
| 胠 | *kʰa, *kʰas, *kʰab |
| 魼 | *kʰa, *kʰl'aːb |
| 去 | *kʰaʔ, *kʰas |
| 麮 | *kʰaʔ, *kʰas |
| 鼁 | *kʰas |
| 砝 | *kaːb, *kab |
| 劫 | *kab, *kab |
| 鉣 | *kab |
| 蜐 | *kab, *kab |
| 怯 | *kʰab |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ
- Wade-Giles: chieh2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jye
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gip3
- Yale: gip
- Cantonese Pinyin: gip8
- IPA (key): /kiːp̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiap
- Hakka Romanization System: giab`
- Hagfa Pinyim: giab5
- IPA: /ki̯ap̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap
- Tâi-lô: kiap
- Phofsit Daibuun: kiab
- IPA (Xiamen): /kiap̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /kiap̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 劫 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiɛ³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕie⁴⁵/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕiə⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡ɕiə⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiɛ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕi²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕie¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕiə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiɤ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕie²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu |
/t͡ɕʰie³¹/ /t͡ɕie³¹/ |
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| Guiyang | /t͡ɕʰie²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕiɛ³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡ɕieʔ⁵/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕiɐʔ⁵/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕʰiʌʔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁴³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕiəʔ⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕi²¹³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕieʔ²¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕia⁵/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕie²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡ɕie²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕiɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kiap̚¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /kiɑp̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kip̚³/ |
| Nanning | /kip̚³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /kip̚³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kiap̚³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kiɛʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kiɛ²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /kiap̚²/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /kiap̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 劫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 業 (147) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 居怯切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨɐp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kiɐp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiɐp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɨap̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiap̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭɐp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯ɐp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jie |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 劫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jié |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kjæp › |
| Old Chinese |
/*k(r)ap/ |
| English | rob |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 劫 | 劫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6438 | 10694 |
| Phonetic component |
劫 | 去 |
| Rime group |
盍 | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
劫 | 劫 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kab/ | /*kab/ |
| Notes | 荀子從刀，又譯kalpa | 荀子從刀，又梵譯kalpa |
Definitions
劫
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
劫
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 劫 |
|
こう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi |
Noun
劫 (hiragana こう, romaji kō, historical hiragana こふ)
- (Buddhism) kalpa
Korean
Hanja
劫 • (geop) (hangeul 겁, revised geop, McCune-Reischauer kŏp)
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