Home › Learn Chinese Characters › All 300 characters › 样

样 yàng — “kind; way”

How to write and say the Chinese character 样 (yàng), which means kind; way — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Question words.

Pinyin · 拼音 yàng
Meaning · 意思 kind; way
Strokes · 笔画 10
Radical · 部首 木 (tree)
Hear it · 听发音
Watch it drawn stroke by stroke →

Stroke order笔顺

样 is written with 10 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

木 (tree) hints at the meaning, and 羊 lends its sound — together they make 样.

A common word常用词

一yí样yàng

the same

Example sentence例句

我wǒ们men的de书shū包bāo不bù一yí样yàng。

Our school bags are different.

This page is part of the free Chinese character explorer from Casey Foundation Chinese School — a Saturday community Chinese school in Narre Warren, Victoria, serving Berwick, Cranbourne, Hallam and families across Melbourne's southeast. New students get a free trial lesson.