Character: 劫
Modern (Beijing) reading: jié
Preclassic Old Chinese: kap
Classic Old Chinese: kap
Western Han Chinese: kap
Eastern Han Chinese: kap
Early Postclassic Chinese: kap
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kǝp
Late Postclassic Chinese: kǝp
Middle Chinese: kǝp
English meaning : to rob, plunder [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) грабить, отнимать; присваивать; грабеж, разбой; 2) бедствие; 3) понуждать, заставлять
Comments: May be reconstructed as *krap and go back to ST *rop (~-ua-) 'rob, assault'; however, may be also borrowed from Austric: cf. PAA *ko:p / *kɔ:p 'catch', Thai ko:p 'take with a handful', PAN *aŋkup 'scoop, handful'.
Radical: 18
Four-angle index: 4722
Karlgren code: 0642 h-i
Vietnamese reading: cú'o'p
