劫
- Radical
- 力
- Strokes
- 7
- Residual strokes
- 5
Mandarin
jié
Teochew
Glyph
- Radical
- 力
- Residual strokes
- 5 strokes
- Strokes
- 7 strokes
- Mandarin
- jié
Definitions by reading
gieb4
文
Mandarin equivalent jié
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng
giab4文
Chaoyang
giab4文
Chenghai
giag4文
Jieyang
giab4文
Raoping
giab4文
Shantou
giab4文
①强夺，掠取：劫夺|抢劫|趁火打劫 ②威逼，要挟：劫持人质 ③灾难：劫难|遭劫
English meaning
to plunder; to rob openly
GuangyunPhonological reconstruction
1
見母 三等 開口 嚴韵 入声 居怯切
Reconstruction:
Original
強取也。說文曰：人欲去，以力脅止曰劫，或曰以力止去曰劫。俗作刧。居怯切九。