逼

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

Etymology 1

trad.		逼
simp. #		逼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bī, bì (bi¹, bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧ, ㄅㄧˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bie¹ / bi² / bi¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pit / pet
• Northern Min (KCR): bĭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pek / piak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bi
    • Wade–Giles: pi¹
    • Yale: bī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: bie¹ / bi² / bi¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bie / bi / bi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piɛ⁵⁵/, /pi²¹/, /pi⁵⁵/

Note:

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bik¹
    • Yale: bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pit / pet
    • Hakka Romanization System: bid^ˋ / bed^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bid⁵ / bed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pit̚²/, /pet̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek
    • Tâi-lô: pik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piak
    • Tâi-lô: piak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pek̚²/

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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 (Hokkien)	/pik̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pɛiʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pi²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pek̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔbek̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pik

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

• 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

(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):

(deprecated template usage)

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.)

(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

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

(deprecated template usage) 逼 (bức, bực)

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