厭

See also: 厌

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 厂 + phonetic 猒

Han character

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

1. dislike, detest, reject
2. satiate

Derived terms

• 靨, 壓, 魘, 黶, 懕, 擪, 檿, 嬮

References

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

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Chinese

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trad.		厭
simp.		厌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàn (yan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim¹, jim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yen⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yann
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim¹, jim³
    • Yale: yīm, yim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim¹, jim³
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːm⁵⁵/, /jiːm³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (厭, reconstructed)
Character (厭), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 於琰切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔiᴇmX/	/ʔi̯ɛmX/	/ʔiɛmX/	/ʔiɛmX/	/ʔiamX/	/ĭɛmX/	/ʔjæmX/
Character (厭), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 鹽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 於豔切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔiᴇmH/	/ʔi̯ɛmH/	/ʔiɛmH/	/ʔiɛmH/	/ʔiamH/	/ĭɛmH/	/ʔjæmH/
Character (厭), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 葉 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 於葉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔiᴇp̚/	/ʔi̯ɛp̚/	/ʔiɛp̚/	/ʔiɛp̚/	/ʔiap̚/	/ĭɛp̚/	/ʔjæp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (厭, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
厭								yā								‹ ʔjiep ›								/*ʔep/								press (v.)
厭								yān								‹ ʔjiem ›								/*ʔem/								contented (adj.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
厭					14420					猒					談					2					黶					/*qemʔ/
厭					14426					猒					談					2					厭					/*qems/
厭					14431					猒					盍					2					魘					/*qeb/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

厭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: えん (en), よう (yō)
• Kan’on: えん (en), よう (yō)
• Kan’yōon: おん (on)
• On (unclassified): あん (an), おう (ō), ゆう (yū)
• Kun: あ-きる (厭きる, akiru), いと-う (厭う, itou), いや (iya), おさ-える (厭える osaeru)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

厭 (hiragana あき, romaji aki)

1. Disgust.
2. Having one's fill; loss of interest.

Alternative forms

• 厭き
• 飽
• 飽き

Idioms

• 厭きが来る: One will become fed up with or lose interest in something that was formerly satisfying.

Etymology 2

Probably originally onomatopoetic, much like the English yuck.

Adjective

厭 (-na inflection, hiragana いや, romaji iya)

1. Disgusting, unpleasant, yucky.

Inflection

Inflection of "厭な"

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	厭だろ	いやだろ	iya daro
Continuative (連用形)	厭で	いやで	iya de
Terminal (終止形)	厭だ	いやだ	iya da
Attributive (連体形)	厭な	いやな	iya na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	厭なら	いやなら	iya nara
Imperative (命令形)	厭であれ	いやであれ	iya de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	厭ではない 厭じゃない	いやではない いやじゃない	iya de wa nai iya ja nai
Informal past	厭だった	いやだった	iya datta
Informal negative past	厭ではなかった 厭じゃなかった	いやではなかった いやじゃなかった	iya de wa nakatta iya ja nakatta
Formal	厭です	いやです	iya desu
Formal negative	厭ではありません 厭じゃありません	いやではありません いやじゃありません	iya de wa arimasen iya ja arimasen
Formal past	厭でした	いやでした	iya deshita
Formal negative past	厭ではありませんでした 厭じゃありませんでした	いやではありませんでした いやじゃありませんでした	iya de wa arimasen deshita iya ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	厭で	いやで	iya de
Conditional	厭なら（ば）	いやなら（ば）	iya nara(ba)
Provisional	厭だったら	いやだったら	iya dattara
Volitional	厭だろう	いやだろう	iya darō
Adverbial	厭に	いやに	iya ni
Degree	厭さ	いやさ	iyasa

Interjection

厭 (hiragana いや, romaji iya)

1. Yuck, ew.

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Korean

Hanja

厭 (yeom, yeop) (hangeul 염, 엽, revised yeom, yeop, McCune-Reischauer yŏm, yŏp, Yale yem, yep)

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Vietnamese

Han character

厭 (ướm, yếm, ếm, êm, im)

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