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劫 - jié

take by force, coerce; disaster

take by force, coerce; disaster

How to read 劫

Click 劫 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinjié
Englishtake by force, coerce; disaster
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

劫匪 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 劫囚. Please read 劫夺 one more time.

Common words with this character

bandit; robber
to break a prisoner out of jail
to seize by force; to abduct
to seize a stronghold; to surprise the enemy in his camp

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 劫 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 劫匪 and 劫囚 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 劫.