様

See also: 樣 and 样

様 U+69D8, 様
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-69D8
← 槗
[U+69D7] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 槙 →
[U+69D9]

Translingual

Traditional 樣
Shinjitai 様
Simplified 样

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 樣 (羕 → 𣴎); compare bottom of 暴.

Right component is approximately 𦍌 + 氺.

Han character

様 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木廿土水 (DTGE) or 難木廿土水 (XDTGE), composition ⿰木𣴎)

References

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

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 様 – see 樣 (“appearance; form; shape; look; expression; air; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 樣).

Etymology 2

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

様

Kyūjitai

樣

Kanji

様

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樣)

  1. certain form or way
  2. condition, state
  3. design, pattern
  4. indicates humbleness or politeness

Readings

  • Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)←やう (yau, historical)
  • Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)←やう (yau, historical)
  • Kun: さま (sama, 様, Jōyō)

As variant kanji of 橡:

Usage notes

When written in 草体 (sōtai, “highly-cursive”) style, this kanji form is called 平様 (hira-zama, literally “common form”) to distinguish from the kyūjitai form 永様 (ei-sama, literally “永-form”), and its variant forms 次様 (tsugi-zama, for 檨, literally “次-form”) and 美様 (bi-zama, for 𣖙, literally “美-form”).

Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    様
    よう
    Grade: 3
    on'yomi
    Alternative spelling
    樣 (kyūjitai)

    /jɨau/ → /jɔː/ → /joː/

    From Middle Chinese 樣 (MC yangH).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    様(よう) • (yō) ←やう (yau)?

    1. way, style, appearance
    2. (attaches to a verb in ren'yōkei) way, manner (of doing something)
      Synonym: 方(かた) (kata)
    Derived terms

    Adjective

    様(よう) • (yō) ←やう (yau)?-na (adnominal 様(よう)な (yō na), adverbial 様(よう)に (yō ni))

    1. be like, look like, seem like, as if, having the likeness of
      まるで夢(ゆめ)を見(み)ている様(よう)だ。
      Maru de yume o mite iru yō da.
      It felt as if I were dreaming.
      あの野(や)郎(ろう)の筋(きん)肉(にく)はアーノルド・シュワルツェネッガーのようね
      Ano yarō no kinniku wa Ānorudo Shuwarutseneggā no yō ne
      That dude's muscles are like Arnold Schwarzenegger
      火(ひ)のついた蝶(ちょう)のようにひとときだけ輝(かがや)き
      Hi no tsuita chō no yō ni hitotoki dake kagayaki
      Briefly radiate like a butterfly attracted to fire
    2. (as 様に (yō ni)) I hope; I pray; may
      成(せい)功(こう)しますように。
      Seikō shimasu yō ni.
      I wish [myself/you] success.
    Usage notes
    • In contemporary Japanese, this term is often written in hiragana.
    • Traditional Japanese grammar analyzes this term as a 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”), ようだ (yō da), from the noun 様 (yō) and the auxiliary verb だ.
    Inflection
    Inflection of 様
    Stem forms
    Imperfective (未然形) 様だろ ようだろ yō daro
    Continuative (連用形) 様で ようで yō de
    Terminal (終止形) 様だ ようだ yō da
    Attributive (連体形) 様な ような yō na
    Hypothetical (仮定形) 様なら ようなら yō nara
    Imperative (命令形) 様であれ ようであれ yō de are
    Key constructions
    Informal negative 様ではない
    様じゃない         		ようではない
    ようじゃない         		yō de wa nai
    yō ja nai
    Informal past 様だった ようだった yō datta
    Informal negative past 様ではなかった
    様じゃなかった         		ようではなかった
    ようじゃなかった         		yō de wa nakatta
    yō ja nakatta
    Formal 様です ようです yō desu
    Formal negative 様ではありません
    様じゃありません         		ようではありません
    ようじゃありません         		yō de wa arimasen
    yō ja arimasen
    Formal past 様でした ようでした yō deshita
    Formal negative past 様ではありませんでした
    様じゃありませんでした         		ようではありませんでした
    ようじゃありませんでした         		yō de wa arimasen deshita
    yō ja arimasen deshita
    Conjunctive 様で ようで yō de
    Conditional 様なら（ば） ようなら（ば） yō nara (ba)
    Provisional 様だったら ようだったら yō dattara
    Volitional 様だろう ようだろう yō darō
    Adverbial 様に ように yō ni
    Degree 様さ ようさ yōsa
    Synonyms
    Derived terms

    Proper noun

    様(よう) • (Yō) ←やう (Yau)?

    1. a female given name

    Etymology 2

      Kanji in this term
      様
      さま
      Grade: 3
      kun'yomi
      Alternative spelling
      樣 (kyūjitai)
      For pronunciation and definitions of 様 – see the following entry.
      【さま】
      [noun] a person's appearance (as of body, or style, or face, etc.)
      [noun] the state or situation of a thing
      [noun] the general trend, tenor, or feel of a thing
      [noun] one's social station, status, or quality
      [noun] the way or means of doing something, how one does something
      [noun] the reason or circumstances for something
      [pronoun] (archaic, honorific) second-person pronoun: you, you all
      [pronoun] (archaic, honorific) third-person distal pronoun: he, she, they (distant from both speaker and listener)
      [suffix] (honorific) polite personal suffix: honorable, Mr., Ms.
      [suffix] (honorific) attaching to nouns or other nominals: a politeness marker that often has no direct translation, replacing copula です (​desu)
      [suffix] attaching to specific nouns or other nominals: that way, that direction
      [suffix] (archaic) attaching to verbs: just as (indicating the specific time when the verb is happening)
      [suffix] attaching to verbs: the way of doing something, how one does something (often undergoes rendaku, changing -sama to -zama)
      Alternative spellings
      方, 状
      (This term, 様, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

      Etymology 3

        Kanji in this term
        様
        さま > ざま
        Grade: 3
        kun'yomi
        Alternative spelling
        樣 (kyūjitai)
        For pronunciation and definitions of 様 – see the following entry.
        【ざま】
        [noun] (informal) pathetic appearance
        Alternative spelling
        態
        (This term, 様, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

        Etymology 4

          Kanji in this term
          様
          ちゃま
          Grade: 3
          kun'yomi
          Alternative spelling
          樣 (kyūjitai)
          For pronunciation and definitions of 様 – see the following entry.
          【ちゃま】
          [suffix] (childish) honorific suffix: synonym of 様 (-sama)
          (This term, 様, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

          Etymology 5

            Kanji in this term
            様
            ためし
            Grade: 3
            kun'yomi
            Alternative spelling
            樣 (kyūjitai)
            For pronunciation and definitions of 様 – see the following entry.
            【例ためし】4
            [noun] an instance, an example, a precedent
            Alternative spelling
            例し
            (This term, 様, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

            References

            1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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