■ radical
yàn
to dislike
How it’s built
Simplified form of 厭. Pictograph of a dog (犬) with a piece of meat (肉) in its mouth (口). Based on the original meaning "satiated". The meaning later shifted to "be fed up with" and "dislike". The traditional component 肉 was removed for simplification.
Through the ages
Appears in
Characters that use 厌 as a component, most common first.