压迫
yā​pò HSK6

oppress

压 yā press, push down Simplified

Simplified form of 壓. Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 厌 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
厌
厌 SoundSimplified component
yàn dislike

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

迫 pò coerce

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

白
白 Sound component
bái, bai white
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaekCə.pˤrak near; press

說文解字

《說文》：“迫，近也。从辵，白聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

壓 yā press, push down Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 厭 represents the sound.

Components

厭
厭 SoundMeaning component
yàn dislike
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'aepʔˤrep press down

說文解字

《說文》：“壓，壞也。一曰塞補。从土，厭聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)