逼

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𮕂

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		逼

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bī (bi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ

  (Chengdu, SP): bie¹ / bi² / bi¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹
• Min Bei (KCR): bĭ
• Min Nan (POJ): piak / pek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: pih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
    • IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bie¹ / bi² / bi¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bie / bi / bi
    • IPA ^(key): /piɛ⁵⁵/, /pi²¹/, /pi⁵⁵/

Note:

• bie1 - vernacular;
• bi2, bi1 - literary.

Cantonese

• (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  • Jyutping: bik¹
  • Yale: bīk
  • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷
  • Guangdong Romanization: big¹
  • IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵/

Min Bei

• (Jian'ou)
  • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ
  • IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak
  • Tâi-lô: piak
  • Phofsit Daibuun: piag
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵/
• (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek
  • Tâi-lô: pik
  • Phofsit Daibuun: peg
  • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪk̚³²/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 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 (Min Nan)	/pik̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/pɛiʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/pi²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/pek̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ʔbek̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨk̚/▼

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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*prək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*prɯɡ/

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. *[t] 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. compel, pressure, force
2. to bother
3. (Mandarin) Alternative form of 屄 (bī).

Compounds

• 乾逼／干逼
• 催逼 (cuībī)
• 內逼／内逼
• 凌逼
• 勒逼
• 咄咄逼人 (duōduōbīrén)
• 威逼 (wēibī)
• 威逼利誘／威逼利诱
• 官逼民反
• 富貴逼人／富贵逼人
• 寒氣逼人／寒气逼人
• 強逼／强逼 (qiǎngbī)
• 忙逼
• 打得逼直
• 拶逼
• 相逼 (xiāngbī)
• 立逼
• 精彩逼人
• 脅逼／胁逼
• 臨逼／临逼

• 苦苦相逼
• 英氣逼人／英气逼人
• 著著進逼／著著进逼
• 追逼
• 進逼／进逼 (jìnbī)
• 逼上梁山
• 逼不得已
• 逼人
• 逼人太甚
• 逼仄
• 逼併／逼并
• 逼使
• 逼供 (bīgòng)
• 逼促
• 逼側／逼侧
• 逼債／逼债
• 逼勒 (bīlè)
• 逼匝
• 逼問／逼问

• 逼宮／逼宫
• 逼手逼腳／逼手逼脚
• 逼死 (bīsǐ)
• 逼殺／逼杀
• 逼民為盜／逼民为盗
• 逼直
• 逼真 (bīzhēn)
• 逼綽／逼绰
• 逼綽子／逼绰子
• 逼緊／逼紧
• 逼肖
• 逼臨／逼临
• 逼良為娼／逼良为娼
• 逼視／逼视
• 逼近 (bījìn)
• 逼迫 (bīpò)
• 逼遣
• 逼邏／逼逻
• 鋒芒逼人／锋芒逼人

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Japanese

Kanji

逼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

逼 • (pip, byeok) (hangeul 핍, 벽, revised pip, byeok, McCune-Reischauer p'ip, pyŏk, Yale phip, pyek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

逼 (bức, bực)

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