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CHINESE CHARACTER

劫 (jié): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

jié
to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune
HSK 7-97 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

力 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 劫.

Phonetic component

去 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 7

Write 劫 in 7 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Examples using 劫

抢劫

我被抢劫了。

Wǒ bèi qiǎng jié le。

I got mugged.

FAQ

What does 劫 (jié) mean in Chinese?

to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune

How do you write 劫 in stroke order?

劫 has 7 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 劫?

力 is the radical in 劫. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 劫?

浩劫 (hàojié): calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse; 劫 (jié): to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; 劫持 (jiéchí): to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress.