急迫
jí pò · HSK 7
urgent
⏰ 急 = urgent/anxious + 迫 = to press/compel; together: pressingly urgent
急 carries the sense of haste and anxiety, while 迫 means to press or force in on something. Stacked, they describe a situation bearing down on you with no slack left, sounds like jí pò.
急 — heart radical 心 + 及 (reach)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the heart radical 心 supplies the meaning (an emotional state) while 及 ('to reach, catch up') gives the sound. Originally it depicted a racing, anxious heart — hence the modern senses 'urgent,' 'hurried,' and 'impatient.'