様 – Esq., way, manner

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The kanji 様 means Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヨウ、ショウ (you, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さま、さん (sama, san). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヨウ	you
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	さま	sama
Kun’yomi	さん	san

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 王・水・并・木・羊.

Words using 様

様さまMr様ようappearing ...様々さまざまvarious王様おうさまking模様もようpattern様子ようすstate (of affairs)同様どうようsame仕様しようway神様かみさまGodご苦労様ごくろうさまthank you (for your hard work)逆様さかさまinverted殿様とのさまnobleman一様いちようuniform多様たようdiverse様式ようしきstyle様相ようそうaspect有り様ありさまstate

Example sentences

彼女は王女様になった夢を見た。

She dreamed that she was a princess.

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庭には様々な花が咲き乱れていた。

The garden was a riot of color.

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その王様はいつも王冠をかぶっている。

The king always wears a crown.

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Kanji with the same radical

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