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Chinese symbol for “urgency”

迫切性
pò qiè xìng
urgency

The closest CC-CEDICT match for urgency is 迫切性 (pò qiè xìng), defined as: urgency.

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Characters and stroke order

迫 pò
to compel, to force; pressing, urgent
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes
切 qiè
to cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; eager
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 迫切性.

WordPinyinMeaning
被迫bèi pòto be compelled; to be forced
迫害pò hàito persecute
强迫 (強迫)qiǎng pòto compel; to force
迫使pò shǐto force; to compel
压迫 (壓迫)yā pòto oppress; to repress
迫切pò qièurgent; pressing
一切yī qièeverything; every
密切mì qièclose; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc)
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “urgency”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.