漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
様: Esq., way
Also: manner, situation, polite suffix
JLPT N314 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
木 and 氺 carry the meaning · 羊 gives the sound
14 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 様式ようしきstyle
- 様子ようすappearance
- 模様もようpattern
- 異様ないようなbizarre
- 同様にどうようにsimilarly
さまsama · kun'yomi · on its own
- 神様かみさまgod
- 奥様おくさまwife [hon.]
- お客様おきゃくさまguest [hon.]
- ご苦労様ごくろうさまThank you for your trouble
- お陰様でおかげさまでThank you for asking
Also read ショウ, さん, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)木 wood (meaning) + 羕 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 樣 (rev. 91676207), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
様 takes the 羊 family's reading, ヨウ (you).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side様 Esq. · 羊
vs膝 knee · 月In ChineseSimplified 样 · traditional 樣 · yàng
Three different forms: Japanese 様, simplified 样, traditional 樣.
- Simplified
- 样 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 樣 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yàng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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