万

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See also: ㄪ, 萬, and 方

Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

A simplification of the Buddhist symbol 卍 introduced when Buddhism came to China. 卍 was given the same pronunciation as 萬 meaning 萬德 (many virtues); so, 卍 came to be used as a simplified form of 萬. 万 is simply a scribal form (script) of 卍. The meaning ten thousand for 万 is a borrowing.

Han character[edit]

万 (radical 1 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一尸 (MS), four-corner 10227)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 76, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10
  • Dae Jaweon: page 137, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 9, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E07

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 万 – see 萬.
(This term, 万, is the simplified form of 萬.)
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
万

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 萬)

  1. myriad, ten thousand
  2. very many

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Noun[edit]

万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana まん, romaji man)

  1. ten thousand, 10,000

Noun[edit]

万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana よろず, romaji yorozu)

  1. ten thousand
  2. a large number
  3. all, everything

Derived terms[edit]

Prefix[edit]

万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana ばん, romaji ban-)

  1. many
  2. all
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