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CHINESE CHARACTER

bī

逼

逼

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drive

Numbered pinyin
bi1
English meanings
extort, press for, press on towards, drive, force, compel, close in on, press up to

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the lower left structure

Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 辶; inside 畐.

  • Outside

    辶
  • Inside

    畐
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Meaning & sound clues

辶 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “walk”.

畐 is identified as the sound component (fú). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 逼.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿺辶畐

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    bié别bī逼tā他。

    Don't push him.

  2. 02

    bī逼zhe着zuò做。

    Forced to do.

  3. 03

    bījìn逼近。

    Move closer.

  4. 04

    bèi被bī逼wúnài无奈。

    Forced with no choice.

  5. 05

    bīzhēn逼真。

    Lifelike.

  6. 06

    bié别bī逼wǒ我。

    Don't push me.

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  • 逼真
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