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.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 浩劫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 浩大 | hào dà | vast; huge |
| 浩瀚 | hào hàn | vast (of ocean); boundless |
| 浩然 | hào rán | vast; expansive |
| 浩荡 (浩蕩) | hào dàng | vast and mighty (of river or ocean); broad and powerful |
| 浩繁 | hào fán | vast; voluminous |
| 抢劫 (搶劫) | qiǎng jié | to rob; looting |
| 劫持 | jié chí | to kidnap; to hijack |
| 洗劫 | xǐ jié | to 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.