樣

See also: 样 and 様

Translingual

Traditional	樣
Shinjitai	様
Simplified	样

Han character

樣 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木廿土水 (DTGE), four-corner 4893₂, composition ⿰木羕)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15457
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1284, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6A23

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Chinese

trad.		樣
simp.		样*
alternative forms		様 𢵇

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／形声, OC *laŋs) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 羕 (OC *laŋs).

Etymology 1

Commonly assumed to be related to 像 (OC *ljaŋʔ, “to resemble, image”) by Chinese commentators.

The Internet slang sense is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 様(さま) (sama).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 樣

1. appearance; form; shape

   一樣／一样  ―  yīyàng  ―  same [lit. one appearance]

   模樣／模样  ―  móyàng  ―  appearance

2. look; expression; air
3. type; kind; sort; variety; class; category

   各式各樣／各式各样  ―  gèshìgèyàng  ―  (of) all kinds and sorts

4. sample; specimen; example

   樣品／样品  ―  yàngpǐn  ―  sample; specimen

   榜樣／榜样  ―  bǎngyàng  ―  example; model

5. (printing) proof
6. manner; style; way; fashion

   這樣／这样  ―  zhèyàng  ―  such; like this [lit. this manner]

   怎樣／怎样  ―  zěnyàng  ―  how

7. Classifier for kinds or types of things.

   有樣嘢叫／有样嘢叫 [Cantonese]  ―  jau⁵ joeng⁶ je⁵ giu³ [Jyutping]  ―  there is a (type of) thing called

   三樣菜／三样菜  ―  sān yàng cài  ―  three different dishes

8. (ACG, Internet slang) -sama

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (樣):

• → Japanese: 様(よう) (yō)
• → Korean: 양(樣) (yang)
• → Vietnamese: dạng (樣)

Others (Pou, 1973):

• Tai:
  • Lao: ຢ່າງ (yāng, “kind, type; standard, pattern; way, method”)
  • Thai: อย่าง (yàang, “variety; kind; manner; like, as; adverbial particle”), เยี่ยง (yîiang, “like, as if; example, model”)
• Mon-Khmer:
  • Khmer: យ៉ាង (yaang, “kind, type, way, particle for forming adverbial phrases”)
  • Vietnamese: dáng (“gait, figure”), dường (“to seem, to be like”)
• Austronesian:
  • Malay: yang (“(he, the one) who, (that) which”) (possibly)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 樣 – see 橡 (“Acorn.; A tree in the genus.”). (This character is an ancient variant form of 橡).

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Japanese

Kanji

樣

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

樣 • (yang, sang)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 양, 상 (revised: yang, sang, McCune–Reischauer: yang, sang, Yale: yang, sang)
  • Name (hangeul): 모양
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 樣 (dạng, dáng, nhàng)

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