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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
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
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : bī , bì (bi1 , bi4 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄅㄧ, ㄅㄧˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : bie1 / bi2 / bi1
(Dungan , Cyrillic and Wiktionary ) : би (bi, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : bik1
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : bet2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : bit6
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : pit / pet
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : bid5
Jin (Wiktionary ) : bieh4
Northern Min (KCR ) : bĭ
Eastern Min (BUC ) : bék
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : pek / piak
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : bêg4
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 7 piq
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : bi6
Note :
bie1 - vernacular;
bi2, bi1 - literary.
Note :
“to compel; to press for”.
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
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.
to press for; to extort
逼 供 ― bī gōng ― to force a confession
to approach ; to press on
( literary ) narrow
( Cantonese ) Alternative form of 迫 ( “ crowded ; packed ” )
Synonyms
Compounds
Etymology 2
Probably from 別 / 别 (piat ).
Pronunciation
Definitions
逼
( Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien ) to interpret ( one's fortune, etc. )
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
逼
( Mandarin ) Alternative form of 屄 ( bī )
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Definitions
逼
( Hokkien ) Alternative form of 煏
References
Japanese
Kanji
逼
(Hyōgai kanji )
to approach
Synonym: 迫
to compel ; to force
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From a corrupted or unorthodox reading .
The original reading is 벽 (byeok ) based on Middle Chinese 逼 (MC pik ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
逼 (eumhun 핍박할 핍 ( pipbakhal pip ) )
hanja form? of 핍 ( “ to force ; to compel ” )
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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