万

See also 萬, and 方

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

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

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

1. myriad: ten thousand
2. myriad: innumerable
3. letter in Zhuyin fuhao alphabet, representing /vo/ or /v/.

See also

• 方
• Chinese Numeral 万

  Last: 千; Next: 亿, 億.

References

• 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
• http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm?kanji_id=MUAN02

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Cantonese

Hanzi

万 (traditional 萬, jyutping maan6, mak6, Yale maan6, mak6)

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Japanese

Number

万 (まん, man)

1. ten thousand, 10,000

Noun

万 (hiragana よろず, romaji yorozu)

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

Derived terms

• 万が一 (まんがいち, mangaichi)

Prefix

万 (hiragana ばん, romaji ban-)

1. many
2. all

Kanji

万 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: まん (man), ばん (ban)
• Kun: よろず (yorozu)
• Nanori: かず (kazu), ま (ma), ゆる (yuru)

Compounds

万一 (まんいち, man'ichi) 万引 (まんびき, manbiki) 万屋 (よろずや, yorozuya) 万華鏡 (まんげきょう, mangekyō) 万感 (ばんかん, bankan) 万機 (まんき, manki) 万芸 (ばんげい, bangei)

万古 (ばんこ, banko) 万劫 (ばんごう, bangō) 万才 (まんさい, mansai) 万作 (まんさく, mansaku) 万死 (ばんし, banshi) 万寿 (ばんじゅ, banju / まんじゅ, manju) 万丈 (ばんじょう, banjō)

万乗 (ばんじょう, banjō) 万状 (ばんじょう, banjō) 万善, 万全 (まんぜん, manzen) 万灯 (まんどう, mandō) 万博 (ばんぱく, banpaku) 万歩計 (まんぽけい, manpokei) 万万 (ばんばん, banban)

万有 (ばんゆう, ban'yū) 万葉仮名 (まんようがな, man'yōgana) 万葉集 (まんようしゅう, man'yōshū) 万力 (まんりき, manriki) 万斛 (ばんこく, bankoku) 万軍 (ばんぐん, bangun)

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Korean

Hanja

万
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 만 (revised: man, McCune-Reischauer: man, Yale: man)

• Name (hangeul): 일만 (revised: ilman, McCune-Reischauer: ilman)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 万

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

万 (traditional 萬, pinyin wàn (wan4), Wade-Giles wan⁴)

Adverb

1. absolutely
2. by all means

Number

1. ten thousand
2. a very large number, myriad

Compounds

万般 万端 万恶 万分 万古 万花筒

万籁俱寂 万里长城 万难 万能 万千 万全

万世 万事 万岁 万万 万无一失 万象

万幸 万一 万丈 万众 万状 万紫千红