Kanji N3

様: Esq., way, manner

様 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning Esq., way, manner, written with 14 strokes. It is read ヨウ, ショウ (on) and さま, さん (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 同様 (どうよう, same) and 様子 (ようす, state).

様

Meanings

  • Esq.
  • way
  • manner
  • situation
  • polite suffix
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#493 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヨウ
  • ショウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • さま
  • さん

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 様

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 同様どうよう

    same; similar; (just) like; equal

    JLPT N3
  • 様子ようす

    state (of affairs); situation; circumstances

    JLPT N3
  • 模様もよう

    pattern; figure; design

    JLPT N3
  • 王様おうさま

    king

    JLPT N3
  • 様々さまざま

    various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

    JLPT N3
  • 様よう

    appearing ...; looking ...

    JLPT N3
  • 多様たよう

    diverse; various

    JLPT N1
  • 様相ようそう

    aspect; phase; condition

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.