迫供 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pògòng

extort confession

pò coerce

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

白 Sound component

bái, bai white

Change in sound

迫 and 白 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
迫 paek
白 baek

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	paek	Cə.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)

gōng, gòng supply, provide

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

共 Sound component

gòng together with

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjowng	k<r>oŋ	furnish; serve, offer

說文解字

《說文》：“供，設也。从人，共聲。一曰供給。”

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)

迫 pò coerce

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

供 gōng, gòng supply, provide

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

pò coerce

gōng, gòng supply, provide