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厌

yàn

dislike

Simplified form of 厭. Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound.

Components
厂 meaning component

厂  Meaning component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

犬 simplified component

犬  Simplified component

quǎn

  

dog

Shorthand for the sound component 猒 in the traditional character 厭.

Evolution

厌 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
厌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厌 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
厌 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
厌 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

厌 (厭) 

yàn

dislike, detest, reject; satiate; to loathe

Most common words with 厌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

讨厌

to dislike

厌倦

to be weary of

厌恶

to loathe

厌

to loathe

厌烦

bored

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

压 魇 靥 餍 恹

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

压

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 54.9255% of movies

786th most common character in movies

1633rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

厭

Unicode

U+538C


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