Trace Panda
■ radical

yàn

to dislike

How it’s built

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".

犬
iconic

dog

口
iconic

mouth

肉
iconic

meat; flesh

Through the ages

Bronze script

Appears in

Characters that use 厭 as a component, most common first.

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