compel

Evolution

偪 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
Definitions

 

compel, pressure, force; bother

() 

variant of [bī]; to compel; to pressure

Most common words with 偪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to compel

逼近

to close in on

逼迫

to force

逼真

lifelike

逼供

to extort a confession

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*prək

pik

to press, urge


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 31.4272% of movies

1247th most common character in movies

1559th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+506A


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