逼

to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,389 U+903C

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 畐 (phonetic)

components: 辶畐

press · Heisig RSH #1619

wealth + road

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 畐

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 畐 (—) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
畐 sound component	—	to fill; a roll of cloth
福	fú	happiness, good fortune, blessings
富	fù	abundant, ample; rich, wealthy
副	fù	to assist, to supplement; assistant; secondary; auxiliary
辐	fú	ray, spoke
蝠	fú	bat
匐	fú	to crawl; to lie prostrate

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
官逼民反	guān bī mín fǎn	a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion…
高逼格	gāo bī gé	(slang) high-end; classy
社交牛逼症	shè jiāo niú bī zhèng	(neologism, attested by 2021) (slang) extreme gregariousness; over-the-top confidence in s…
逼上梁山	bī shàng liáng shān	driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels; to drive to revolt; to force sb to desperate…
逼人	bī rén	pressing; threatening
二逼	èr bī	variant of 二屄[er4 bi1]
逼格	bī gé	(slang) pretentious style
逼和	bī hé	to force a draw (in chess, competition etc)
逼死	bī sǐ	to hound sb to death
进逼	jìn bī	to advance on sth; to press closely (on some goal)
牛逼	niú bī	variant of 牛屄[niu2 bi1]
水刑逼供	shuǐ xíng bī gòng	water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA
逼视	bī shì	to look at from close up; to watch intently
装逼	zhuāng bī	variant of 裝屄\|装屄[zhuang1 bi1]
倒逼	dào bī	(neologism c. 2006) (of circumstances) to stimulate (change, esp. innovation, reform etc)
逼人太甚	bī rén tài shèn	to push sb too far; to go too far (in oppressing people)
强逼	qiǎng bī	to compel; to force
逼真	bī zhēn	lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly
逼供信	bī gòng xìn	to obtain confessions by compulsion; confession under duress
苦逼	kǔ bī	(coll.) miserable; wretched