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

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樣)

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

Readings

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
Derived terms
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
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
irregular
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.)

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