样 - Dong Chinese dictionary

yàng

shape

acorn

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound. Simplified form of 樣.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

木 hints at the original meaning of 样, "acorn", which is no longer the most common meaning of 样 in modern Mandarin.

yáng

sheep

Simplified from the traditional component 羕.

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yàng

shape, form, pattern, style; manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type

Most common words with 样

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 99.9039% of movies

50th most common character in movies

88th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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