迫击炮 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

pǎijīpào

mortar

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)

jī strike Simplified

Simplified form of 擊. Based on the cursive form of the phonetic component 毄.

Components

毄 Sound Simplified Remnant component

to hit against

手 Deleted component

shǒu, shou hand

This component was deleted for simplification.

Component uses

Simplified (1)

陆

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

pào large gun, cannon

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

包 Sound component

bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	pʰruːs
	bruː

說文解字

《說文》：“炮，毛炙肉也。从火，包聲。”

Sources

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

jī strike Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 毄 represents the sound and 手 represents the meaning.

Components

毄 Sound Meaning component

to hit against

手 Meaning component

shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kek	kˤik	strike (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“擊，攴也。从手，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)

迫 pò coerce

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說文解字

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击 jī strike Simplified

Components

Component uses

Simplified (1)

Sources

炮 pào large gun, cannon

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

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擊 jī strike Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

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說文解字

Sources

pò coerce

jī strike Simplified

pào large gun, cannon

jī strike Traditional