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Translingual

Han character

(radical 162 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹土 (YRHG) or 卜口一土 (YRMG), four-corner 36301, composition)

  1. indulge oneself
  2. brag, show off

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rleːŋ
*rleːŋs
*l̥ʰeŋʔ
*l̥ʰeŋʔ, *rleŋ
*l̥ʰeŋʔ
*l̥ʰeŋʔ
*rleŋ, *l'eŋs
*rleŋ
*rleŋ
*rleŋ
*rleŋʔ, *l̥ʰeːŋʔ
*leŋʔ
*leŋʔ
*l̥ʰeːŋ, *ɦleːŋ
*l̥ʰeːŋ
*l̥ʰeːŋʔ, *njɯm
*l̥ʰiːɡ
*l̥ʰiːɡ, *l'iːɡ
*l'iːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (10)
Final () (121)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 1430
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰeŋʔ/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 不逞
  • 不逞之徒
  • 你誇我逞你夸我逞
  • 多事逞才
  • 得逞
  • 施逞
  • 殘民以逞残民以逞
  • 逞凶
  • 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
  • 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 used for names)

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Readings


Korean

Hanja

(ryeong>yeong, jeong) (hangeul 령>, , revised ryeong>yeong, jeong, McCune-Reischauer ryŏng>yŏng, chŏng, Yale lyeng>yeng, ceng)

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