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.

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

Upside-down form of 子 (child).

The traditional component 其 depicting a basket was removed for simplification.

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.

Upside-down form of 子 (child).

Depicts a basket.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 其 than it was in ancient scripts.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.