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厭

yàn

dislike

Original meaning: 

push down

Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound.

Components
厂 meaning component

厂  Meaning component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

猒 sound component

猒  Sound component

yàn

  

satiate, eat one's fill

Evolution

厭 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
厭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

厌 (厭) 

yàn

dislike, detest, reject; satiate; to loathe

Most common words with 厭
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

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

壓

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

壓 魘 饜 懨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔep

'jiep

yā

press (v.)

*ʔem

'jiem

yān

contented (adj.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 54.9255% of movies

786th most common character in movies

1633rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

厌

Unicode

U+53AD

Shuowen

“厭，笮也。从厂，猒聲。一曰：合也。”


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