What 廹 means
廹 is a variant of 迫, with senses including approach and pressure.
Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, glosses 迫 with 近也, meaning “to be near.” Later dictionaries also give senses such as pressing, coercion, urgency, narrowness, and distress. They list 廹 as a variant form of 迫. Both forms contain 白; their left movement components differ: 廹 has 廴, while 迫 has 辵.
Where does 廹 appear in place names?
Futaba’s 2026 heritage plan preserves 廹 in local names.
That 2026 plan, a document about protecting historic sites, uses 廹 in 清戸廹 and describes it as a local terrain term in Fukushima’s Hamadōri area.
Should I use 廹 or 迫?
Use 迫 in general Chinese; keep 廹 in a documented name or source.
If you are transcribing a Futaba place name or a source that uses 廹, retain that exact form. The rare variant may otherwise be read as a typo for 迫.
Rare in general writing: Chinese references list it as a variant of the more usual form 迫.
Outside a documented name or source, 廹 may look like a typo for 迫.
Drift: As of 2026, Futaba’s heritage plan keeps 廹 in local place and terrain names but uses 迫 in some heritage-site titles; older administrative records substituted 迫 when 廹 could not be entered.
Who writes 廹
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Questions people ask
1Why does 廹 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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