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The traditional character 饜 combines the semantic component 食, indicating food, with the phonetic component 厭, which carried connotations of weariness or suppression, to form a meaning centered on being physically satiated from eating. Originally denoting a state of fullness specifically related to food, the term's usage gradually expanded to encompass a broader sense of satisfaction or contentment in non-culinary contexts. Its simplified form 餍 retains this structural arrangement, with 食 alongside the simplified phonetic 厌, preserving the core etymological link between satiety and the notion of having had enough.