厌恶 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yàn dislike Simplified

Simplified form of 厭. Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound.

Components

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

quǎn dog

Shorthand for the sound component 猒 in the traditional character 厭.

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

压魇靥餍恹

Simplified (1)

压

Sources

Character origin: 李学勤《字源》p.832
Readings & variants: Unicode

è, wù evil Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 惡.

Components

亚 Sound component

yà Asia, sub-

Change in sound

恶 and 亚 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
恶 *ʔˤak-s
亚 *ʔˤrak-s

心 Meaning component

xīn, xin heart

Component uses

Sound (1)

𫫇

Meaning (1)

𫫇

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

yàn dislike Traditional

Original meaning: to push down on

Original form of 壓. Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound.

Components

厂 Meaning component

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.

Change in meaning

厂 hints at the original meaning of 厭, "to push down on", which is no longer the most common meaning of 厭 in modern Mandarin.