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Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, “kalpa”).
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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劫
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波
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jié
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bō
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kjæp ›
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‹ pa ›
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Old Chinese
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/*k(r)ap/
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/*pˁaj/
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English
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rob
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wave (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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劫
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劫
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波
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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6438
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10694
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9719
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Phonetic component
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劫
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去
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皮
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Rime group
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盍
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盍
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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劫
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劫
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波
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Old Chinese
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/*kab/
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/*kab/
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/*paːl/
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Notes
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荀子從刀,又譯kalpa
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荀子從刀,又梵譯kalpa
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Noun
劫波
- (Buddhism) kalpa (a unit of cosmological time)
See also
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