迫
pòpǎi HSK4

coerce

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component

辶 is a component form of 辵.

白
白 Sound component
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)