劫
jié HSK7

take by force

劫 jié
rob verb
to rob, plunder, or seize by force

他在半路上被劫了财物。

tā zài bàn​lù shàng bèi jié le cái​wù.

He was robbed of his belongings halfway.

calamity noun
a disaster, catastrophe, or misfortune

这场大火对他而言简直是一场大劫。

zhè cháng dà​huǒ duì tā ér​yán jiǎn​zhí shì yī cháng dà jié.

This fire was a major catastrophe for him.

coerce verb
to coerce or compel through force or threat

那名歹徒劫了一名人质，企图以此威胁警察。

nà míng dǎi​tú jié le yī míng rén​zhì, qǐ​tú yǐ cǐ wēi​xié jǐng​chá.

The thug took a hostage in an attempt to threaten the police.

kalpa noun
an immense period of time in Buddhist cosmology; an abbreviation for 劫波 jié​bō

历经万劫，终于修成正果。

lì​jīng wàn jié, zhōng​yú xiū​chéng zhèng​guǒ.

After enduring countless tribulations, he finally achieved success.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,825th most common 45.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,221st most common 69.1 per million appears in 20% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
16.6 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
16.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+52AB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)