EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 13
  1. Suffix

    Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageafter a person's name, position, etc.

    このざまはどうしたんだ。
    How did you get into this mess?
  2. makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

    Polite (teineigo) languageusu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お or ごsee お粗末さまでした

  3. Noun

    state; situation; appearance; manner

Also written 方【さま】状【さま】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix

Kun
さまさん
On
ヨウショウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
493 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 13

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Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-10SKIP code
4a10.25The Kanji Dictionary
4893.2Four corner code
1842deroo
69d8Unicode hex code
1-45-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2341Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2821New Nelson (John Haig)
1052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1332Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
723Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
969Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
933Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1003Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
472A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2099Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
309Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15352PMorohashi
407A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
403Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328sakade
641Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
430henshall3
429Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
216crowley
677Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
1110Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
942Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang4Pinyin reading
yangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level