厭

The glyph covers a spectrum of saturation stemming from the concept of excess:

1. Satiation and Fullness: Being filled to capacity, typically suggesting a tipping point where satiety becomes discomfort.

2. Weariness and Boredom: Mental exhaustion or being "sick and tired" of a person, situation, or habit.

3. Repulsion and Rejection: Active loathing or detestation; the behavioral result of satiety or weariness leading to the shunning of an object.

• Transitive Verb: To loathe or reject an object.
• Stative Verb/Adjective: To be satiated, weary, or disgusted (focusing on the internal state of the subject).

• vs. 飽 (bǎo): While both relate to fullness, 飽 is generally more neutral or positive; 厭 suggests a tipping point into discomfort.
• vs. 惡 (wù): 惡 often implies moral judgment or an inherent "badness" in the object, whereas 厭 suggests disgust born of overexposure or saturation.
• vs. 恨 (hèn): 恨 typically denotes resentment, grievance, or a lingering emotional wound; 厭 is more visceral and focused on the need for distance or removal.

• Simplified variant: 厌 (U+538C).

// Tang-period reconstruction: //qiɛ̀m.

When choosing a translation, consider the underlying logic of "excess." The term generally describes something that may have once been desirable or necessary but has become "too much," shifting the subject's state from physical fullness to psychological aversion.