逼

逼 U+903C, 逼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-903C ← 逻 [U+903B] CJK Unified Ideographs 逽 → [U+903D]

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

• 𮕂

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

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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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 逼

1. to compel; to pressure; to force
2. to bother

   被逼瘋／被逼疯  ―  bèi bīfēng  ―  to be driven mad

3. to press for; to extort
4. to approach; to press on
5. (literary) narrow
6. (Cantonese) crowded; packed

Synonyms

• (to compel):

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edit

• 劫 (jié) (literary, or in compounds)
• 勒
• 勒逼 (lèbī)
• 強制／强制 (qiángzhì)
• 強迫／强迫
• 強逼／强逼 (qiǎngbī)
• 押 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 緊逼／紧逼 (jǐnbī)
• 脅迫／胁迫 (xiépò)
• 迫
• 迫使 (pòshǐ)
• 逼迫 (bīpò)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		逼
simp. #		逼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bī (bi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bi
    • Wade–Giles: pi¹
    • Yale: bī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 逼

1. (Mandarin) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 屄 (bī).

Etymology 3

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

Probably from 別／别 (piat).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pek / piat / piak

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek
    • Tâi-lô: pik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peg
    • IPA (Lukang): /piɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piat
    • Tâi-lô: piat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piad
    • IPA (Tainan, Kinmen): /piɛt̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak
    • Tâi-lô: piak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piak̚³²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 逼

1. (Southern Min) to interpret (one's fortune, etc.)

References

• “逼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

逼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひき (hiki)
• Kan-on: ひょく (hyoku)
• Kan’yō-on: ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: せまる (semaru, 逼る)

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Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading.

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 핍 (phip)^訓 (Yale: phip) in Gwangju Cheonjamun (光州千字文 / 광주천자문), 1575.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 핍 (phip)^訓 (Yale: phip) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

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

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 벽〮 (Yale: pyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 벽 (pyek)^訓 (Yale: pyek) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰip̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [핍]

Hanja

Wikisource

逼 (eumhun 핍박할 핍 (pipbakhal pip))

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 핍박 (逼迫, pipbak)
• 핍탈 (逼奪, piptal)
• 핍근 (逼近, pipgeun)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Vietnamese

Han character

逼: Hán Nôm readings: bức, bực

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