樣
yàng HSK6

shape

样 (樣) yàng
kind expression
classifier for types, kinds, or varieties

晚餐桌上一共有六样小菜。

wǎn​cān​zhuō shàng yī​gòng yǒu liù yàng xiǎo​cài.

There are six small side dishes on the dinner table.

manner noun
manner, pattern, way, appearance, or shape

几年没见，他还是老样，一点儿都没变。

jǐ nián méi jiàn, tā hái​shi lǎo yàng, yī​diǎn r dōu méi biàn.

After not seeing him for a few years, he is still the same as ever; he hasn't changed a bit.

Frequency
Character
Written text
88th most common 2057.6 per million
Movie subtitles
50th most common 3445.9 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
69.9 per million appears in 27% of films
Written text
59.0 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
样
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+6A23

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)