逞

逞 U+901E, 逞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-901E ← 逝 [U+901D] CJK Unified Ideographs 速 → [U+901F]

Translingual

Han character

逞 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+7, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 卜口竹土 (YRHG) or 卜口一土 (YRMG), four-corner 3630₁, composition ⿺辶呈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1258, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38896
• Dae Jaweon: page 1746, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3840, character 8
• Unihan data for U+901E

Chinese

trad.		逞
simp. #		逞
alternative forms		呈 徎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 逞
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (呈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
挰	*rleːŋ
鋥	*rleːŋs
逞	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
裎	*l̥ʰeŋʔ, *rleŋ
悜	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
睈	*l̥ʰeŋʔ
呈	*rleŋ, *l'eŋs
程	*rleŋ
酲	*rleŋ
珵	*rleŋ
徎	*rleŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
郢	*leŋʔ
浧	*leŋʔ
桯	*l̥ʰeːŋ, *ɦleːŋ
鞓	*l̥ʰeːŋ
壬	*l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm
鐵	*l̥ʰiːɡ
驖	*l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ
戜	*l'iːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰeŋʔ): semantic 辶 + phonetic 呈 (OC *rleŋ, *l'eŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chěng (cheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ́n
• Eastern Min (BUC): tīng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): théng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): têng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chěng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng³
    • Yale: chěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheeng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ́n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: théng
    • Tâi-lô: thíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teang
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: têng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: théng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjengX

Rime
Character	逞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑郢切
Baxter	trhjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰiᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiajŋX/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɛŋX/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥]reŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	逞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chěng
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjengX ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥]reŋʔ/
English	to run after; gratify one’s desire
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	逞
Reading #	1/1
No.	1430
Phonetic component	呈
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	逞
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeŋʔ/

Definitions

逞

1. to brag; to show off; to flaunt
2. to succeed in; to achieve (something bad)

   • 余將老，使郤子逞其志，庶有豸乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     余将老，使郤子逞其志，庶有豸乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yú jiāng lǎo, shǐ xìzǐ chěng qí zhì, shù yǒu zhì hū? [Pinyin]

     I will declare myself too old, and let Master Xi achieve his wish, which may perhaps lead to the solution [of the present evil]?

3. to indulge oneself; to gratify one's desires
4. (obsolete) to be satisfied; to be gratified

Compounds

• 不逞 (bùchěng)
• 不逞之徒 (bùchěngzhītú)
• 你誇我逞 / 你夸我逞
• 多事逞才
• 得逞 (déchěng)
• 施逞
• 殘民以逞 / 残民以逞 (cánmínyǐchěng)
• 逞凶 (chěngxiōng)
• 逞勢 / 逞势 (chěngshì)
• 逞威風 / 逞威风
• 逞己失眾 / 逞己失众
• 逞強 / 逞强 (chěngqiáng)
• 逞強稱能 / 逞强称能
• 逞志
• 逞性子 (chěng xìngzi)
• 逞意妄為 / 逞意妄为
• 逞暴
• 逞異誇能 / 逞异夸能
• 逞縱 / 逞纵
• 逞能 (chěngnéng)
• 逞臉 / 逞脸
• 逞著
• 逞著勁兒 / 逞著劲儿
• 逞起威風 / 逞起威风

Japanese

Kanji

逞

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. sturdy
2. brawny
3. bold

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: たくましい (takumashii, 逞しい)、とおる (tōru)、はやい (hayai)

Korean

Hanja

逞 • (ryeong>yeong, jeong) (hangeul 령>영, 정, revised ryeong>yeong, jeong, McCune–Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, chŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng, ceng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

逞: Hán Việt readings: sính
逞: Nôm readings: sánh, sĩnh

1. chữ Hán form of sính (“to be fond of or to indulge in something to the point that other people may find that obnoxious”)
2. chữ Nôm form of sánh (“to compare”)