よう

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よう U+6A23, 樣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A23

[U+6A22]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6A24]

Translingual

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Traditional よう
Shinjitai よう
Simplified

Han character

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よう (Kangxi radical 75, +11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿にじゅうすい (DTGE), four-corner 48932, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15457
  • Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1284, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6A23

Chinese

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trad. よう
simp. *
alternative forms
よう
𢵇

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい形声けいせい, OC *laŋs) : semantic (wood) + phonetic (OC *laŋs).

Etymology 1

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“appearance; etc.”
Commonly assumed to be related to ぞう (OC *ljaŋʔ, “to resemble, image”) by Chinese commentators.
(ACG slang) -sama”
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese よう(さま) (sama).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • iūⁿ/iōⁿ - vernacular;
  • iōng/iāng - literary.
Note: iên7 - Chaozhou.
Note:
  • ian5 - vernacular;
  • ian4 - literary.

    Rime
    Character よう
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (こえ) (36)
    Final (いん) (105)
    Tone (調しらべ) Departing (H)
    Openness (ひらきあい) Open
    Division (ひとし) III
    Fanqie あきらきり
    Baxter yangH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /jɨɐŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /jiɐŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /iɑŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /jɨaŋH/
    Li
    Rong
    /iaŋH/
    Wang
    Li
    /jĭaŋH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /i̯aŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    yàng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    joeng6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character よう
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 14550
    Phonetic
    component
    ひつじ
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*laŋs/
    Notes はらあやまつくりしゅういんあやまよんみんつきれい

    Definitions

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    よう

    1. appearance; form; shape
      いちよういち  ―  yàng  ―  same [lit. one appearance]
      よう  ―  yàng  ―  appearance
      よう [Cantonese]  ―  keoi5 me1 joeng6-2 gaa3? [Jyutping]  ―  What does he look like?
    2. look; expression; air
    3. type; kind; sort; variety; class; category
      かくしきかくようかくしきかく  ―  gèshìgèyàng  ―  (of) all kinds and sorts
      さら歡喜かんきはなようゆめだきいちだき夜來やらいこういち夜來やらいこう [Shanghainese, trad.]
      さら欢喜はなだきいちだき夜来やらいこういち夜来やらいこう [Shanghainese, simp.]
      From: 2020, 夜来やらい(沪语)
      5ken-ka 1huoe-shi 1ho-yan-gheq-men 6bau-iq-bau 6ya-le-shian 6ven-iq-ven 6ya-le-shian [Wugniu]
      I like more the flower-like dreams, I hug the jasmine, I kiss the jasmine.
    4. sample; specimen; example
      ようしなしな  ―  yàngpǐn  ―  sample; specimen
      よう  ―  bǎngyàng  ―  example; model
    5. (printing) proof
    6. manner; style; way; fashion
      よう  ―  zhèyàng  ―  such; like this [lit. this manner]
      よう  ―  zěnyàng  ―  how
    7. Classifier for kinds or types of things.
      ゆうようさけべゆうさけべ [Cantonese]  ―  jau5 joeng6 je5 giu3 [Jyutping]  ―  there is a (type of) thing called
      さんようさいさんさい  ―  sān yàng cài  ―  three different dishes
    8. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (rare) An honorific.
      • 2010 May 18, 倪匡 [Ni Kuang], “はいがくようせいこう租界そかい滿まん”, in Apple Daily[1], archived from the original on 21 June 2021, 倪租かい:
        這些子來こらいざい此設租界そかい大量たいりょうよう讀者どくしゃそう必早やめ怨聲みちざい此謝よう感謝かんしゃよう感謝かんしゃおう感謝かんしゃてき所有しょゆうじん
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    9. (ACG, Internet, slang) -sama
    Synonyms
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    Compounds

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    Descendants

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    Sino-Xenic (よう):
    • Japanese: よう(よう) ()
    • Korean: 양(さま) (yang)
    • Vietnamese: dạng (よう)

    Others (Pou, 1973):

    • Khmer: យ៉ាង (yaang, kind, type, way, particle for forming adverbial phrases)
    • Lao: ຢ່າງ (yāng, kind, type; standard, pattern; way, method)
    • Lü: ᦊᦱᧂᧈ (ẏaang¹)
    • ? Malay: yang ((he, the one) who, (that) which)
    • Mongolian: зан (zan)
    • Northern Thai: ᩀ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨦ
    • Thai: อย่าง (yàang, variety; kind; manner; like, as; adverbial particle), เยี่ยง (yîiang, like, as if; example, model)
    • Proto-Turkic: *yaŋ
    • Vietnamese: dáng (gait, figure), dường (to seem, to be like)

    Etymology 2

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    For pronunciation and definitions of よう – see とち (“Acorn.; A tree in the genus.”).
    (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of とち).

    References

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    Japanese

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    Shinjitai

    よう

    Kyūjitai

    よう

    Kanji

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    よう

    (Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form よう)

    1. Kyūjitai form of よう: certain form or way; condition, state; design, pattern; indicates humbleness or politeness

    Readings

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    • Go-on: よう ()やう (yau, historical)
    • Kan-on: よう ()やう (yau, historical)
    • Kun: さま (sama, よう)

    As variant kanji of とち:

    Usage notes

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    When written as the polite personal suffix, this kanji form is the most honorific form, and is called えいさま (ei-sama, literally えい-form) to distinguish from つぎさま (tsugi-zama, for , literally つぎ-form), よしさま (bi-zama, for 𣖙, literally よし-form), and たいらさま (hira-zama, for shinjitai form よう, literally common form).

    Definitions

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    For pronunciation and definitions of よう – see the following entry.
    よう3
    [kanji] third grade kanji
    [kanji] certain form or way
    [kanji] condition, state
    [kanji] design, pattern
    [kanji] indicates humbleness or politeness
    Kanji reading:
    ぞう, しょう, くぬぎ, とち
    (This term, よう, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

    Korean

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    Etymology 1

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    Hanja

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    よう (eumhun 모양 (moyang yang))

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    Compounds
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    Etymology 2

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    Hanja

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    よう (eumhun 상수리나무 (sangsurinamu sang))

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    よう: Hán Nôm readings: dạng, dáng, nhàng

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