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: 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

Glyph origin

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, OC *l̥ʰeŋʔ): semantic 辶 + phonetic 呈 (OC *rleŋ, *l'eŋs).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chěng (cheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ́n
• Min Nan (POJ): théng

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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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ́n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ciin`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cin³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: théng
    • Tâi-lô: thíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰiᴇŋX/

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/
Bernard 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
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

Compounds

• 不逞 (bùchěng)
• 不逞之徒 (bùchěngzhītú)
• 多事逞才
• 得逞 (déchěng)
• 施逞
• 逞志
• 逞性子 (chěngxìngzi)
• 逞暴

• 逞能 (chěngnéng)
• 逞著
• 逞凶
• 你誇我逞／你夸我逞
• 殘民以逞／残民以逞 (cánmínyǐchěng)
• 逞勢／逞势
• 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
• 逞意妄為／逞意妄为
• 逞異誇能／逞异夸能
• 逞縱／逞纵
• 逞臉／逞脸
• 逞著勁兒／逞著劲儿
• 逞起威風／逞起威风

Japanese

Kanji

逞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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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