同様
どうよう · douyou · JLPT N3 · na-adj
same
🧦 同 same + 様 manner = in the same manner; sounds like do you, too?
同 (dō) means same, as in 同じ. 様 (yō) means way or manner, as in 様子 (state of things). Same way = identical or likewise. Sound hook: dōyō, as in I do it this way, do you too? 同様に means in the same way.
同 — 冂 enclosure + 一 + 口 mouth
Originally depicted multiple mouths gathered under one cover or enclosure, suggesting people speaking together in agreement. From this image of voices joining, it came to mean 'same,' 'together,' or 'alike.' The shared cover symbolizes unity.