# 様

| 様 | U+69D8, &#27096; 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

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樣)
* certain form or way
* condition, state
* design, pattern
* indicates humbleness or politeness

#### Readings

* Go-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)
* Kun: さま (sama, 様, Jōyō)
As variant kanji of 橡:
* Go-on: ぞう (zō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: くぬぎ (kunugi, 様)、とち (tochi, 様)

#### 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

* (Tokyo) よー [yóꜜò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [jo̞ː]

#### Noun

様(よう) • (yō)
* way, style, appearance

##### Derived terms

* 様(よう)式(しき) (yōshiki)
* 様(よう)子(す) (yōsu)
* 様(よう)相(そう) (yōsō)
* 様(よう)態(たい) (yōtai)
* 模(も)様(よう) (moyō)

#### Adjective

様(よう) • (yō) -na (adnominal 様(よう)な (yō na), adverbial 様(よう)に (yō ni))
* 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
* (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

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

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

##### Derived terms

* 様(よう)々(よう), 様(よう)様(よう) (yōyō)
* ようだ (yō da)
* 異(い)様(よう) (iyō)
* 如(い)何(か)様(よう) (ikayō)
* 一(いち)様(よう) (ichiyō)
* 今(いま)様(よう) (imayō)
* 大(おお)様(よう) (ōyō)
* 各(かく)様(よう) (kakuyō)
* 唐(から)様(よう) (karayō)
* 異(こと)様(よう) (kotoyō)
* 左(さ)様(よう), 然(さ)様(よう) (sayō)
* 多(た)様(よう) (tayō)
* 体(たい)様(よう), 態(たい)様(よう) (taiyō)
* 同(どう)様(よう) (dōyō)
* 何(なに)様(よう) (naniyō)
* 一(ひと)様(よう) (hitoyō)
* 文(もん)様(よう) (mon'yō)
* 和(わ)様(よう) (wayō)

#### Proper noun

様(よう) • (Yō)
* 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

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