Chinese Character Wiki
猒

yàn

satiate, eat one's fill

Depicts a dog (犬) with meat (肉) in its mouth (甘).

Components
甘 iconic component

甘  Iconic component

gān

  

sweetness

Depicts a mouth with something tasty inside.

⺼ iconic component

⺼  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

犬 iconic component

犬  Iconic component

quǎn

  

dog

Evolution

猒 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
猒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
猒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
猒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

猒  

yàn

satiate; eat one's fill

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

厭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔem

'jiem

yān

satiate, satisfy

*ʔem-s

'jiemH

yàn

satisfaction


Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+7312

Shuowen

“猒，飽也，从甘，从肰。猒，或从。”


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