様

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

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

Right component is approximately 𦍌 + 氺.

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)

• 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

(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

• 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:

• 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, 様)、とち (tochi, 様)

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”).

/jɨau/ → /jɔː/ → /joː/

From Middle Chinese 樣 (MC yangH).

• (Tokyo) よー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

様(よう) • (yō) ^{←やう (yau)?}

1. way, style, appearance

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 success.

• 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.

• みたい (mitai)
• らしい (rashī)
• っぽい (ppoi)

様(よう) • (Yō) ^{←やう (yau)?}

1. a female given name