讨厌 (tǎo yàn)

Character breakdown

• 讨 (tǎo) · 5 strokes

  Simplified form of 討. Depicts using speech (言) and one's hands (寸) to manage or govern. The meaning later shifted to "discuss" and "ask for".

• 厌 (yàn) · 6 strokes

  Simplified form of 厭. Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 猒 represents the sound.