懂中文 Dong Chinese

樣

yàng

shape

Original meaning: 

acorn

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 羕 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

羕 sound component

羕  Sound component

yàng

  

eternal

Evolution

樣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
樣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

样 (樣) 

yàng

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

Most common words with 樣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

这样

so

一样

same

那样

that kind

怎么样

how?

怎样

how