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Chinese symbol for “apocalypse”

浩劫
hào jié
calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for apocalypse is 浩劫 (hào jié), defined as: calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

浩 hào
great, grand, vast
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
劫 jié
to take by force, to coerce; disaster; misfortune
radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 浩劫.

WordPinyinMeaning
浩大hào dàvast; huge
浩瀚hào hànvast (of ocean); boundless
浩然hào ránvast; expansive
浩荡 (浩蕩)hào dàngvast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful
浩繁hào fánvast; voluminous
抢劫 (搶劫)qiǎng jiéto rob; looting
劫持jié chíto kidnap; to hijack
洗劫xǐ jiéto loot; to ransack; to pillage

See also: Japanese symbol for “apocalypse”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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