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Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD Regular Modern
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Original meaning: to push down on
Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | 'jiep | ʔep | press (v.) |
| 'jiem | ʔem | contented (adj.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“厭，笮也。从厂，猒聲。一曰：合也。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 李学勤《字源》p.832
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)