How to write 万 (wàn, “ten thousand”)
万 (wàn), an HSK 2 character, means “ten thousand” and “a great number”. The traditional form is 萬, 13 strokes instead of 3. Dictionaries list it under the radical 一 (“one”). On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 千万 (“ten million”), 万一 (“just in case”) and 万物 (“all things”). Japanese reads it man, “ten thousand”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.
- Pinyin
- wàn
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 一 (“one”)
- Traditional
- 萬
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆centerrightwards → downwards → down and left
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 3 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Traditional form
- Simplified
- 万 · 3 strokes
- Traditional
- 萬 · 13 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| wàn fourth tone | ten thousand; a great number | 萬 | 千万 万一 万物 成千上万 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 2
- HSK 2.0
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- Words with it
- 142 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 万
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 万 萬 | wàn | ten thousand; a great number HSK 2 |
| 千万 千萬 | qiānwàn | ten million; countless HSK 4 |
| 万一 萬一 | wànyī | just in case; if by any chance HSK 5 |
| 万物 萬物 | wànwù | all things; all that exists HSK 6 |
| 成千上万 成千上萬 | chéngqiān-shàngwàn | by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers HSK 6 |
| 千家万户 千家萬戶 | qiānjiā-wànhù | every family (idiom) HSK 6 |
| 万分 萬分 | wànfēn | very much; extremely HSK 7-9 |
| 万能 萬能 | wànnéng | omnipotent; all-purpose HSK 7-9 |
| 千变万化 千變萬化 | qiānbiàn-wànhuà | countless changes; constant permutation HSK 7-9 |
| 万无一失 萬無一失 | wànwú-yìshī | surefire; absolutely safe (idiom) HSK 7-9 |
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