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Mythic Mandarin

逼 (bī): meaning and stroke order

逼 (bī) means variant of 逼, to compel, to pressure, to force (sb to do sth), to press for, to extort.

逼

Simplified
逼
Traditional
偪, 逼
Pinyin
bī

Stroke order of 逼

逼

  • bī variant of 逼[bi1]; to compel
  • bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 偪

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 逼

  1. bī Traditional 偪
    • variant of 逼[bi1]
    • to compel
    • to pressure
  2. bī
    • 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]

Radical and structure

逼
Radical 辵 (Kangxi radical 162) · 13 strokes · built from 辶 and 畐

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

逼 in our stories

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  • 在那个用严刑逼出口供是常事的时代，这样的想法非常了不起。

    zài nàge yòng yánxíng bī chū kǒugòng shì chángshì de shídài zhèyàng de xiǎngfǎ fēicháng liǎobuqǐ

    In an age when forcing confessions by torture was commonplace, this idea was remarkable.

    From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 逼

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).