催逼
cuī​bī

press

催 cuī press

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

崔
崔 Sound component
cuī high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshwojs-tʰˤujurge, repress
Zhengzhangsʰluːl
Unicodetsuəi
tsuəi

說文解字

相儔也。从人崔聲。《詩》曰：“室人交徧催我。”

Sources

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

逼 bī compel

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

畐
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpikprəkurge, press
Zhengzhangprɯɡ
Unicodebiək

說文解字

近也。从辵畐聲。

Sources

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