萬

See also 万

Translingual

Etymology

This character has lost its original meaning of scorpion.

Han character

萬 (radical 140 艸+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中月 (TWLB), four-corner 4442₇, composition ⿱艹禺)

1. ten thousand
2. innumerable
3. (archaic use) scorpion [1]

References

• KangXi: page 1042, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31339
• Dae Jaweon: page 1501, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3247, character 8
• Unihan data for U+842C

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Cantonese

Hanzi

萬 (simplified 万, jyutping maan6, Yale maan6)

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Japanese

shinjitai	万
simplified	万
traditional	萬

Kanji

萬 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. ten thousand

Readings

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

References

JIS: 685F Kuten: 7263 Shift JIS: E4DD EUC-JP: E8DF Frequency: 2125 Nelson: 3984

New Nelson: 5103 Halpern: 2497 Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: 2969 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a3.8

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

萬
Eumhun:

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

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

萬 (vạn, vàn, mại, muôn)