Dong Chinese dictionary

pò

coerce

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

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

白 Sound component

bái

white

迫 and 白 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.迫 /*Cə.pˤrak/
白 /*bˤrak/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

pò

coerce, force, compel; urgent; to force; to compel; to approach or go towards; pressing

pò

variant of 迫[pò]; to persecute; to oppress; embarrassed

Most common words with 迫

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