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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)

The outer walls of buildings in premodern China were filled with earth that was packed down (壓). This is one of the cases where the forms of 广 (building) and 厂 (cliff) were used interchangeably to mean the same thing.

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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