厌腻 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

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

nì greasy Simplified

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu meat, flesh

flesh

贰 Sound component

èr number two

Sources

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.