逞
chěng HSK7

indulge oneself

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 呈 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

呈
呈 Sound component
chéng submit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhjengX[l̥ ]reŋʔto run after; gratify one’s desire
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeŋʔ

說文解字

通也。从辵呈聲。楚謂疾行爲逞。《春秋傳》曰：“何所不逞欲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)