样

See also: 柈, 樣, and 様

样 U+6837, 样 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6837 ← 栶 [U+6836] CJK Unified Ideographs 核 → [U+6838]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Traditional	樣
Shinjitai	様
Simplified	样

Han character

样 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木廿手 (DTQ), four-corner 4895₁, composition ⿰木羊)

Derived characters

• 𣉫

Related characters

• 樣 (Traditional form of 样)

References

• KangXi: page 524, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14742
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1207, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6837

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Simplified from 樣 (羕 → 羊) in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 样 – see 樣 (“appearance; form; shape; look; expression; air; etc.”). (This character, 样, is the simplified form of 樣.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		样

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羊) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
样	*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯	*zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔	*ljaŋ
庠	*ljaŋ
祥	*ljaŋ
痒	*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜	*klaŋ
羌	*kʰlaŋ
蜣	*kʰlaŋ
猐	*kʰlaŋ
唴	*kʰlaŋs
羊	*laŋ
徉	*laŋ
烊	*laŋ
蛘	*laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻	*laŋ, *laŋs
鴹	*laŋ
恙	*laŋs
羕	*laŋs
樣	*laŋs
漾	*laŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yang, tsang

Rime
Character	样	样
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	與章切	則郎切
Baxter	yang	tsang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/	/t͡sɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/	/t͡sɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/	/t͡sɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/	/t͡saŋ/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/	/t͡sɑŋ/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/	/t͡sɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/t͡sɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	zāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4	zong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslaːŋ/, /*laŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	样	样
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14522	14541
Phonetic component	羊	羊
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	臧	陽
Old Chinese	/*ʔslaːŋ/	/*laŋ/
Notes	見方言	見方言

Definitions

样

1. ^† (ancient Qi dialect) wooden pillar used to hold trays for raising silkworms

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C05085

Vietnamese

Han character

样: Hán Nôm readings: dạng

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References

• Nom Foundation