厌

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(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

厂 meaning “cliff” + 犬 sound ( quǎn )

Components 厂犬

detest · Heisig RSH #241

chihuahua + 厂 factory

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
精神性厌食症	jīng shén xìng yàn shí zhèng	anorexia nervosa
学而不厌	xué ér bù yàn	study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
女性厌恶	nǚ xìng yàn wù	misogyny
百听不厌	bǎi tīng bù yàn	worth hearing a hundred times
百读不厌	bǎi dú bù yàn	to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
男性厌恶	nán xìng yàn wù	misandry
厌女症	yàn nǚ zhèng	misogyny (rhetorical term framing misogyny as a social or ideological pathology)
喜新厌旧	xǐ xīn yàn jiù	lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new gi…
厌食症	yàn shí zhèng	anorexia
不厌	bù yàn	not to tire of; not to object to
厌学	yàn xué	to be weary of studying; to have developed an aversion to studying
生厌	shēng yàn	to disgust; to pall; fed up; tedious; cloying; boring; irritating
会厌	huì yàn	epiglottis
厌气	yàn qì	fed up with; loathsome
会厌炎	huì yàn yán	epiglottitis
贪得无厌	tān dé wú yàn	avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
厌战	yàn zhàn	to be weary of war; (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal …
厌世	yàn shì	world-weary; pessimistic
厌女	yàn nǚ	misogyny; ideological or cultural hostility toward women
厌食	yàn shí	anorexia

Characters sharing the sound component 犬 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
犬 sound part	quǎn	dog
厣	yǎn	shell
畎	quǎn	a drain between fields, irrigation; to flow