厭

Translingual

Han character

厭 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一日月大 (MABK), four-corner 7123₄, composition ⿸厂猒)

Derived terms

• 嚈, 𭒦, 𡽣, 懨, 擫, 𰝜, 𨽀, 𭩏, 𣝓, 𥜒, 𥣘, 𧞣, 𫨥, 𪱑
• 壓, 嬮, 𢅠, 懕, 擪, 𣎩, 檿, 㱘, 𤳪, 𥀬, 𥌅, 𮁑, 厴, 𧗖, 靨, 饜, 魘, 𩼴, 黶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 162, character 51
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3025
• Dae Jaweon: page 370, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 78, character 3
• Unihan data for U+53AD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厭
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qemʔ, *qems, *qeb) : semantic 厂 + phonetic 猒 (OC *qem, *qems).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

厭

1. to be satisfied; to be sated

   貪得無厭／贪得无厌  ―  tāndéwúyàn  ―  to have an insatiable greed

   • 姜氏何厭之有 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     姜氏何厌之有 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translation from Zuozhuan: Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" (2017), by Stephen Durrant, Wai-yee Li and David Schaberg

     Jiāng Shì hé yàn zhī yǒu

     How will Lady Jiang ever be satisfied?

2. to be fed up with; to grow bored of; to become tired of
   • 1847, Thomas T. Devan, The Beginner's First Book in the Chinese Language, (Canton Vernacular), Hongkong: The "China Mail" Office, page 91:

     我食厭嘵波羅咯。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我食厌哓波罗咯。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ sik⁶ jim³ hiu¹ bo¹ lo⁴ lok³.

     I am tired of eating pine apples.

   • 1939 [1934], Cao Yu, 雷雨, 14th edition, 文化生活出版社, page 88:

     但是這兒我住厭了。 [MSC, trad.]
     但是这儿我住厌了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Dànshì zhèr wǒ zhù yàn le.

     But I've grown tired of living here.

3. to detest; to dislike; to hate

   厭世／厌世  ―  yànshì  ―  to be world-weary

4. (dialectal Wu) naughty

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

厭

1. (Hokkien) to be tired
2. (Hokkien, Teochew) to be fed up with; to grow bored of; to become tired of

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}; よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}; よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: おん (on)^{←おん (on, historical)←おむ (omu, ancient)}
• On: あん (an)^{←あん (an, historical)←あむ (amu, ancient)}; おう (ō)^{←おふ (ofu, historical)}; ゆう (yū)^{←いふ (ifu, historical)}
• Kun: あきる (akiru, 厭きる); いとう (itou, 厭う)^{←いとふ (itofu, 厭ふ, historical)}; いとわしい (itowashii, 厭わしい); いや (iya, 厭); おさえる (osaeru, 厭える)^{←おさへる (osaferu, 厭へる, historical)}; きらう (kirau, 厭う)^{←きらふ (kirafu, 厭ふ, historical)}

Etymology 1

Shared root with 秋 (aki, "autumn"). Current meaning possibly arising from metaphorical use of the meaning "autumn".

Noun

厭(あき) • (aki) 

1. disgust
2. having one's fill; loss of interest

   厭(あ)きが来(く)る

   aki ga kuru

   gradually lose interest in, get sick of (something that was formerly satisfying)

Etymology 2

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 厭 (MC 'jiemH).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

厭

Wikisource

厭 (eumhun 싫어할 염 (sireohal yeom))

1. Hanja form^? of 염 (“to detest”).

Compounds

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

厭: Hán Nôm readings: ướm, yếm, ếm, êm, im

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