樣

See also: 样 and 様

樣 U+6A23, 樣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A23 ← 樢 [U+6A22] CJK Unified Ideographs 樤 → [U+6A24]

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		㨾 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

“appearance; etc.”

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

“(ACG slang) -sama”

Orthographic borrowing from 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

   佢咩樣㗎？／佢咩样㗎？ [Cantonese]  ―  keoi⁵ me¹ joeng^6-2 gaa³? [Jyutping]  ―  What does he look like?

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):

• → Khmer: យ៉ាង (yaang, “kind, type, way, particle for forming adverbial phrases”)
• → Lao: ຢ່າງ (yāng, “kind, type; standard, pattern; way, method”)
• → Lü: ᦊᦱᧂᧈ (ẏaang¹)
• →? Malay: yang (“(he, the one) who, (that) which”)
• → Mongolian: зан (zan)
• → Northern Thai: ᩀ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ
• → Thai: อย่าง (yàang, “variety; kind; manner; like, as; adverbial particle”), เยี่ยง (yîiang, “like, as if; example, model”)
• → Proto-Turkic: *yaŋ
  • → Old Uyghur: yaŋ
  • → Karakhanid: يَانگ
• → Vietnamese: dáng (“gait, figure”), dường (“to seem, to be like”)

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).

References

• “樣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	様
Kyūjitai	樣

Kanji

樣

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 様)

1. Kyūjitai form of 様: certain form or way; condition, state; design, pattern; indicates humbleness or politeness

Readings

• Go-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←やう (yau, historical)}
• Kun: さま (sama, 樣)

As variant kanji of 橡:

• Go-on: ぞう (zō)^{←ざう (zau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: くぬぎ (kunugi, 樣)、とち (tochi, 樣)

Usage notes

When written as the polite personal suffix, this kanji form is the most honorific form, and is called 永様 (ei-sama, literally “永-form”) to distinguish from 次様 (tsugi-zama, for 檨, literally “次-form”), 美様 (bi-zama, for 𣖙, literally “美-form”), and 平様 (hira-zama, for shinjitai form 様, literally “common form”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 樣 – see the following entry.

【様】3 [kanji] third grade kanji [kanji] certain form or way [kanji] condition, state [kanji] design, pattern [kanji] indicates humbleness or politeness Kanji reading: ぞう, しょう, くぬぎ, とち

(This term, 樣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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Korean

Hanja

樣 (eumhun 모양 양 (moyang yang))

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Compounds

• 모양 (模樣, moyang)

Hanja

樣 (eumhun 상수리나무 상 (sangsurinamu sang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

樣: Hán Nôm readings: dạng, dáng, nhàng

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