Taxonomy of meanings for 劫:　　

  • 劫 jié (OC: kab MC: kiɐp) 居怯切 入 廣韻：【強取也説文曰人欲劫以力脅止曰劫或曰以力止去曰劫俗作刧居怯切九 】
    • ABDUCT
      • vtoNabduct
    • ARROGATE
      • nabactusurpation of power; (political) arrogation (of political powers); arrogation of power; usurpation
      • vadNpassivewho has his power usurped by someone else
      • vtoNarrogate power from; rob of what one has (most of these have to be moved to the figurative heading)
      • vtoNfigurativearrogate/usurp the powers of (a ruler), wrest power from; kidnap
      • vtoNpassivehave one's power usurped; get kidnapped 見劫
    • ATTACK
      • vtoNattack somebody by grabbing him violently
      • vtoNpassivebe attacked; be hijacked; be brought violently under control
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2attack N1 in relation to N2CH
    • PERIOD
      • nabbuddhistBUDDH: a time period lasting from the creation of a universe until its destruction; SANSKRIT kalpa
      • nadSBUDDH: within the time period of a kalpa
    • WIN
      • vtoNwin by indirect tactics, conquer through a ruse; overwhelm
    • THREATEN
      • vtoN.+V[0]threaten N to do VCH
    • STATES

      Additional information about 劫

      說文解字: 【劫】，人欲去，以力脅止曰劫。或曰：以力止去曰劫。 〔小徐本「去」上無「止」。〕 【居怯切】

        Criteria
      • WIN

        1. The current general word for winning or gaining the upper hand in any way, including warfare, is shèng 勝 (ant. bài 敗 "be defeated").

        2. Kè 克 (ant. shī 失 "lose in battle") refers to subduing an enemy force by military means, winning against an enemy so as to control him as a result.

        3. Qǔ 取 (ant. fù 負 "fail") refers to conquering a place so as to gain full control over it, and the word usually refers to a victory won easily.

        4. Bá 拔 and jǔ 舉 refers to conquering a place without necessarily keeping full control over it.

        5. Jié 劫 refers specifically to victory gained through ruse or indirect tactics.

      • ROB

        1. The current word for appropriating something that is not one's own by right is duó 奪.

        2. Jíé 劫 adds to the notion of misapropriation that violence or threat of violence.

        3. LŸè 掠 typically refers to misapropriation by military force.

        4. LŸè 略 refers specifically to the misappropriation of territory or a population.

        NB: Qiǎng 搶 is post-Han, possibly as late as Ming.

        Word relations
      • Object: (ATTACK)君/RULER Jūn 君 (ant. chén 臣 "minister") refers specifically to someone who is politically or administratively in charge of others as a ruler.
      • Epithet: (PERIOD)長/ENDURING Cháng 長 (ant. duǎn 短 "of short duration") expresses bounded enduringness with a definite final point being typically imagined, although in cháng shēng 長生 the word refers to an unending long life.
      • Contrast: (ARROGATE)弒/MURDER Shì 弒 refers to assassination of a ruler, and always with negative connotations (the justified killing of a ruler would still be shā 殺).
      • Assoc: (ARROGATE)殺 / 煞/KILL The overwhelmingly dominant term referring to any form of taking the life of anything is shā 殺.