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逞
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flaunt

HSK 7
Human →Actions
chěng
テイ
たくま.しい
령
Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 呈 represents the sound.
Components
辶 walk+ 呈 submit =
逞 flaunt
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
辶 is a component form of 辵.
呈 Phonetic component
chéng submit
submit, show
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Notes
Similar Characters
巡 patrol暹 rise边 margin (simp)辽 distant (iii) (simp)达 arrive (simp)迁 shift (simp)迂 doctrinaire迄 so far迅 speedy过 through (simp)迈 take a big stride (simp)迎 greet运 luck (simp)近 near迓 to go to meet返 go back迕 obstinate (iii)还 yet (simp)这 here (simp)进 make (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
逞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
逞 [chěng]
to show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme; to indulge; to give free rein to
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (8)
得逞 [dé​chěng] #7,164
to prevail
逞强 [chěng​qiáng] #19,470
to show off
逞强 [chěng​qiáng] #19,470
to show off
逞能 [chěng​néng] #24,925
to show off one's ability
不逞之徒 [bù​chěng​zhī​tú] #69,863
desperado
一逞兽欲 [yī​chěng​shòu​yù]
to give way to one's beastly lust
一逞兽欲 [yī​chěng​shòu​yù]
to give way to one's beastly lust
逞其口舌 [chěng​qí​kǒu​shé]
to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
⭐ 逞しい [たくましい] #10,314
burly
不逞 [ふてい] #47,056
insubordination
不逞の輩 [ふていのやから] #63,023
lawless people
逞しくする [たくましくする] #92,866
to give rein to (imagination)
逞しゅうする [たくましゅうする] #123,914
to give rein to (imagination)
商魂たくましい [しょうこんたくましい]
aggressively business-minded