entries → 厭
TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
character · B1 (est.)
厭 =
ㄧㄢˋ · yàn
verb — to be fed up with, tire of; to detest

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a cliff, pressing down
yān — gives the sound; a dog (犬) over meat (月), gorged full
Tyān → yàn — tone shifts
Under a cliff (厂), 猒 — a dog (犬) so stuffed with meat (月) it can take no more: gorged to the point of being sick of it. From over-full to fed up, 厭倦、討厭、厭惡. 猒 yān carries the sound and the satiety both.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一條狗(犬)把肉(月)吃到撐——飽到膩了,就是厭。
A dog (犬) stuffed past full on meat (月) — sated to sickness; that is being fed up.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)飽、滿足— sated, full
厭倦、討厭— fed up, weary of常用
厭惡、厭棄— to detest, loathe
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
yànthe sound-and-sense core — dog over meat, "gorged"; 厭 sets it under the cliff = 土 + shares 厭's body under a different load — 壓 puts earth 土 below for "to press down"; 厭 keeps the satiety