# 逞

| 逞 | U+901E, &#36894; 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 3630$_1$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (cheng$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cing$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ́n
* Eastern Min (BUC): tīng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): théng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): têng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chěng
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chěng
*** Wade–Giles: chʻêng$^3$
*** Yale: chěng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheeng
*** Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cing$^2$
*** Yale: chíng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsing$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qing$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ́n
*** Hakka Romanization System: ciin$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨn³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tīng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiŋ³³/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: têng$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: théng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰeŋ⁵²/
* 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 | /ʈʰiᴇŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰiɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiæŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰiajŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰiɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chěng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cing$^2$ |
* 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 | ‹ trhjeng$^X$ › |
| 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
* to brag; to show off; to flaunt
* to succeed in; to achieve (something bad)
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th 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]?
* to indulge oneself; to gratify one's desires
* (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
* 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* sturdy
* brawny
* 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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