逞

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 )

• 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

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

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

(Jinmeiyō kanji )

1. sturdy
2. brawny
3. bold

• 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 )

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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逞: Hán Việt readings: sính ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
逞: Nôm readings: sánh ^{[1] [3] [4]} , sĩnh ^[1]

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 ")