様

See also 樣, and 样

Translingual

shinjitai	様
simplified	样
traditional	樣

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 樣 (羕 → a component which cannot be displayed independently); compare bottom of 暴.

Right component is approximately 羊 + 水, but this is misleading. The composition is more similar to 隶: there is a single vertical stroke (not two separate characters), and the bottom left component is drawn as two strokes, as in 冫, not one stroke, as in the left side of 水.

Han character

様 (radical 75 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木廿土水 (DTGE), X木廿土水 (XDTGE), composition ⿰木⿱羊水)

1. shape, form, pattern, style

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 546, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15352
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1284, character 6
• Unihan data for U+69D8

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Japanese

Kanji

様 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. sir, madam (more respectful than Mr., Ms, Mrs., Miss)

Usage notes

More respectful than さん. Gender-neutral.

Readings

• On: よう (yō), from やう (yau), しょう (shō)
• Kun: さま (sama), ざま (zama)

See also

• 様 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• Japanese honorifics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Japanese honorifics
• さん (san)
• 君 (くん, kun)
• ちゃん (chan)
• 殿 (どの, dono)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

様 (pinyin kǎn (kan3), yàng (yang4), Wade-Giles k'an³, yang⁴)