迫使
pòshǐ · HSK 7
to force; to compel
🔫 迫 force/press + 使 cause/make = press someone into doing it; sounds like puh-shir
迫 means to press or compel (the 辶 walk radical + 白 phonetic), and 使 means to cause or make. Together 迫使 = to force or compel someone to act against their will.
使 — person radical 亻 + official 吏
Originally a phono-semantic compound: 亻 (person) gives the meaning and 吏 (official, also a phonetic clue) suggests the sound. The early sense was 'to send a person on a mission,' from which came 'envoy/messenger' and the broader meanings 'to use' and 'to cause/make.'