劫
threat, long ages
Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
- ゴウ
- キョウ
Kun'yomi
- おびや.かす
Meaning
劫 centers on a forceful, threatening action that unfolds over a long, drawn-out period: a threat that persists through long ages.
Most common words using 劫
20 of 26- 劫こう
kalpa (eon, aeon)
- 億劫おっくうN1
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
- 未来永劫みらいえいごう
forevermore; for eternity
- 永劫えいごう
eternity; perpetuity
- スーパー劫スーパーこう
superko; special ko rule that handles reoccurring board positions like triple ko, eternal life etc.
- 万劫ばんごう
eternity
- 万劫末代まんごうまつだい
eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come
- 住劫じゅうこう
the kalpa of existence (the second aeon of the universe)
- 億劫がるおっくうがる
to show unwillingness (to do); to be reluctant (to do); to look annoyed; to show signs of finding something bothersome
- 劫掠きょうりゃく
pillage; plunder
- 劫火ごうか
world-destroying conflagration
- 劫盗ごうとう
robbery; robber
- 劫立てこうだて
ko threat
- 劫罰ごうばつ
eternal punishment
- 劫臈こうろう
long time; long years of service
- 劫臈を経るこうろうをへる
to become skilled through years of experience
- 四劫しこう
the four kalpa (formation, existence, destruction, nothingness)
- 塵劫記じんこうき
Jinkōki (1627 Japanese mathematics text by Yoshida Kōyū)
- 塵点劫じんでんごう
incomprehensibly long time; infinity
- 壊劫えこう
the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)
Study
Etymology
劫 combines 去 (to go away, past) with 力 (strength, force), suggesting a forceful removal or a threat that persists over time. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 去 means 'to go away' and the right side 力 means 'strength'. Imagine a threat so strong it forces you away, and this threat lasts for long ages.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a long, drawn-out threat that makes you cough (コウ) from the stress. The coughing threat lasts for ages.