硬逼 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yìngbī

force

yìng hard

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

更 Sound component

gèng, gēng more

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ŋɡraːŋs
		ŋɡraːŋs
Unicode	ngɛ̀ng

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

bī compel

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 畐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 偪.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

畐 Sound component

fú, bì to fill

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	pik	prək	urge, press
Zhengzhang		prɯɡ
Unicode	biək

說文解字

近也。从辵畐聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)