逼

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逼 U+903C, 逼
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Translingual

Han character

逼 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜一口田 (YMRW), four-corner 31306, composition ⿺辶畐)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1260, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38973
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1750, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3856, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+903C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 逼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (畐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
富 *pɯɡs
輻 *pɯɡs, *pɯɡ
副 *pʰɯɡs, *pʰrɯɡ, *pʰɯɡ
褔 *pʰɯɡs
蔔 *bɯːɡ
匐 *bɯːɡ, *bɯɡ
逼 *prɯɡ
偪 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
幅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
楅 *prɯɡ, *pɯɡ
湢 *prɯɡ
堛 *pʰrɯɡ
愊 *pʰrɯɡ
踾 *pʰrɯɡ, *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
揊 *pʰrɯɡ
稫 *pʰrɯɡ
畐 *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ
疈 *pʰrɯɡ
腷 *brɯɡ
鶝 *brɯɡ, *pɯɡ
福 *pɯɡ
蝠 *pɯɡ
葍 *pɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *prɯɡ) : semantic 辶 + phonetic 畐 (OC *pʰrɯɡ, *bɯɡ).

Etymology 1

trad. 逼
simp. # 逼

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bie1 - vernacular;
  • bi2, bi1 - literary.
Note:
  • “to compel; to press for”.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 逼
Mandarin Beijing /pi⁵⁵/
Harbin /pi²⁴/
Tianjin /pi²¹/
Jinan /pi⁴²/
Qingdao /pi⁴²/
Zhengzhou /pi⁴²/
Xi'an /pi²¹/
Xining /pji⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /pi¹³/
Lanzhou /pi¹³/
Ürümqi /pi²¹³/
Wuhan /pi²¹³/
Chengdu /pi³¹/
/pi⁵⁵/
/pie⁵⁵/
Guiyang /pi²¹/
Kunming /pi³¹/
Nanjing /piʔ⁵/
Hefei /piəʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /piəʔ²/
Pingyao /piʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /piəʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /piɪʔ⁵/
Suzhou /piəʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /piəʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /pi²¹³/
Hui Shexian /piʔ²¹/
Tunxi /pi⁵/
Xiang Changsha /pi²⁴/
Xiangtan /pi³³/
Gan Nanchang /piʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /pit̚¹/
Taoyuan /pet̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /pek̚⁵/
Nanning /pek̚⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /pik̚⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /pik̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /pɛiʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /pi²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /pek̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔbek̚⁵/
Rime
Character 逼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 職 (134)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 彼側切
Baxter pik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pik̚/
Li
Rong 		/piək̚/
Wang
Li 		/pĭək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 逼
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pik ›
Old
Chinese 		/*prək/
English urge, press

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 逼
Reading # 1/1
No. 3378
Phonetic
component 		畐
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		逼
Old
Chinese 		/*prɯɡ/

Definitions

逼

  1. to compel; to pressure; to force
    被逼瘋／被逼疯  ―  bèi bī fēng  ―  to be driven mad
    我媽逼我學鋼琴。 [MSC, trad.]
    我妈逼我学钢琴。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ mā bī wǒ xué gāngqín.
    My mom forced me to learn the piano.
  2. to press for; to extort
    逼供  ―  bīgōng  ―  to force a confession
  3. to approach; to press on
  4. (literary) narrow
  5. (Cantonese) crowded; packed

Synonyms

  • (to compel):

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 逼
simp. # 逼
alternative forms 別／别
愊

Probably from 別／别 (piat).

Pronunciation

Definitions

逼

  1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to interpret (one's fortune, etc.)

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad. 逼
simp. # 逼

Pronunciation

Definitions

逼

  1. (Mandarin) Alternative form of 屄 (bī)

Etymology 4

trad. 逼
simp. # 逼

Pronunciation

Definitions

逼

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 煏

References

Japanese

Kanji

逼

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. to approach
    Synonym: 迫
  2. to compel; to force

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

Historical readings

The original reading is 벽 (byeok) based on Middle Chinese 逼 (MC pik).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

逼 (eumhun 핍박할 핍 (pipbakhal pip))

  1. hanja form? of 핍 (“to force; to compel”)

Compounds

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

逼: Hán Nôm readings: bức, bực

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