Dong Chinese dictionary

jié

take by force

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 去 represents the sound. Simplified form of 刦.

Components

力 Meaning component

lì

power

去 Sound component

qù

go away

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jié

take by force, coerce; disaster; to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jiébō]

jié

variant of 劫[jié]

Most common words with 劫

Sources