万 — how to write the kanji for “ten thousand”
万 is the number 10,000, a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in second grade in Japan. On its own it is the word man, “10,000; ten thousand”. Its common words take the reading man: 十万 (“100,000”), 百万 (“1,000,000”), 数万 (“tens of thousands”) and 万一 (“(unlikely event of) emergency”). Chinese reads it wàn, “ten thousand”, at HSK 2.
- Strokes
- 3
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 一 (“one”)
- On
- マン, バン
- Kun
- よろず
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆centerrightwards → 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.
万 in dates and counts
- 十万 じゅうまん — 100,000; hundred thousand
- 百万 ひゃくまん — 1,000,000; one million
- 万全 ばんぜん — perfection; flawlessness
- 数万 すうまん — tens of thousands
- 万能 ばんのう — all-purpose; utility
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- マン man, バン ban
- Kun (native)
- よろず yorozu (rare)
- Meanings
- ten thousand; 10,000
- Read man
- 十万 百万 数万 万一 万年筆
- Read ban
- 万全 万能 万里 万国 万歳
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 375th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 만 man
- Common words
- 17 in JMdict
Words with 万
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十万 | じゅうまん juuman | 100,000; hundred thousand |
| 百万 | ひゃくまん hyakuman | 1,000,000; one million |
| 万全 | ばんぜん banzen | perfection; flawlessness |
| 数万 | すうまん suuman | tens of thousands |
| 万能 | ばんのう bannou | all-purpose; utility |
| 万里 | ばんり banri | great distance; thousands of miles |
| 万一 | まんいち man'ichi | (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario) |
| 万国 | ばんこく bankoku | all countries; the whole world |
| 万歳 | ばんざい banzai | banzai; hurray |
| 万年筆 | まんねんひつ mannenhitsu | fountain pen |
Most common first (JMdict).
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