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万
万
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Han character
万 (radical 1 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一尸 (MS), four-corner 10227, composition ⿱一⿰丿𠃌)
See also
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
Chinese
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 万 – see 萬. (This character, 万, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 萬.) |
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Etymology 2
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simp. and trad. |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
- Wade-Giles: mo4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
- IPA (key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mak6
- Yale: mahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mak9
- IPA (key): /mɐk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 万 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 德 (131) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫北切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mək̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mək̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mək̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mək̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/mək̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/mək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mò |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 万 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 12614 |
| Phonetic component |
万 |
| Rime group |
職 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
墨 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mɯːɡ/ |
Proper noun
万
- Only used in 万俟 (Mòqí).
Japanese
Kanji
万
(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 萬)
- myriad, ten thousand
- very many
Readings
- Goon: もん (mon) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: ばん (ban)
- Kan’yōon: まん (man)
- Kun: よろず (yorozu)
- Nanori: かず (kazu), ま (ma), ゆる (yuru)
Compounds
Noun
万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana まん, romaji man)
- ten thousand, 10,000
Noun
万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana よろず, romaji yorozu)
- ten thousand
- a large number
- all, everything
Derived terms
- 万が一 (mangaichi)
Prefix
万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana ばん, romaji ban-)
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 万
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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.