样

See also: 柈, 樣よう, and 様よう

样 U+6837, 样 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6837 ← 栶 [U+6836] CJK Unified Ideographs 核かく → [U+6838]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Traditional	樣よう
Shinjitai	様よう
Simplified	样

Han character

样 (Kangxi radical 75, 木き+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木き廿にじゅう手しゅ (DTQ), four-corner 4895₁, composition ⿰木き羊ひつじ)

Derived characters

• 𣉫

Related characters

• 樣よう (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 樣よう (羕 → 羊ひつじ) in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 样 – see 樣よう (“appearance; form; shape; look; expression; air; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 樣よう).

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

simp. and trad.		样

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (羊ひつじ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
样	*ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ
佯	*zlaŋ, *laŋ
詳しょう	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
洋よう	*ljaŋ, *laŋ
翔しょう	*ljaŋ
庠	*ljaŋ
祥さち	*ljaŋ
痒かゆ	*ljaŋ, *laŋʔ
姜きょう	*klaŋ
羌	*kʰlaŋ
蜣	*kʰlaŋ
猐	*kʰlaŋ
唴	*kʰlaŋs
羊ひつじ	*laŋ
徉	*laŋ
烊	*laŋ
蛘	*laŋ, *laŋʔ
眻	*laŋ, *laŋs
鴹	*laŋ
恙	*laŋs
羕	*laŋs
樣よう	*laŋs
漾	*laŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *ʔslaːŋ, *laŋ) : semantic 木き (“wood”) + phonetic 羊ひつじ (OC *laŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáng (yang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáng
    • Wade–Giles: yang²
    • Yale: yáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yang
    • Palladius: ян (jan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yang, tsang

Rime
Character	样	样
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	以 (36)	精せい (13)
Final (韻いん)	陽ひ (105)	唐とう (101)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	I
Fanqie	與あずか章あきら切きり	則のり郎ろう切きり
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/t͡sɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	zāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4	zong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslaːŋ/, /*laŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	样	样
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14522	14541
Phonetic component	羊ひつじ	羊ひつじ
Rime group	陽ひ	陽ひ
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	臧	陽ひ
Old Chinese	/*ʔslaːŋ/	/*laŋ/
Notes	見み方ほう言げん	見み方ほう言げん

Definitions

样

1. ^† (ancient Qi dialect) wooden pillar used to hold trays for raising silkworms

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), C05085

Vietnamese

Han character

样: Hán Nôm readings: dạng

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References

• Nom Foundation