# 样

| 样 | U+6837, &#26679; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6837 |
| ← 栶 [U+6836] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 核 → [U+6838] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 樣 |
| Shinjitai | 様 |
| Simplified | 样 |

### Han character

样 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木廿手 (DTQ), four-corner 4895$_1$, composition ⿰木羊)

#### Derived characters

* 𣉫

#### Related characters

* 樣 (Traditional form of 样)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 524, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14742
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1207, character 2
* Unihan data for U+6837

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Glyph origin

Simplified from 樣 (羕 → 羊) in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China.

#### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 样 – see 樣 (“appearance; form; shape; look; expression; air; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 樣).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2
#### Glyph origin

| | 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 *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 羊 (OC *laŋ).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yáng (yang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
*** Wade–Giles: yang$^2$
*** Yale: yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
*** Palladius: ян (jan)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: yang, tsang
Rime :
| Character | 样 | 样 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 與章切 | 則郎切 |
| Baxter | yang | tsang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨɐŋ/ | /t͡sɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɐŋ/ | /t͡sɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iɑŋ/ | /t͡sɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jɨaŋ/ | /t͡saŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /iaŋ/ | /t͡sɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭaŋ/ | /t͡sɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯aŋ/ | /t͡sɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yáng | zāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | joeng$^4$ | zong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslaːŋ/, /*laŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 样 | 样 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14522 | 14541 |
| Phonetic component | 羊 | 羊 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 臧 | 陽 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔslaːŋ/ | /*laŋ/ |
| Notes | 見方言 | 見方言 |

#### Definitions

样
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, ancient Qi dialect) wooden pillar used to hold trays for raising silkworms

#### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C05085

## Vietnamese
### Han character

样: Hán Nôm readings: dạng
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation