万
万 — Ten thousand
ten thousand, 10,000
On’yomiマン (man)
On’yomiバン (ban)
Kun’yomiよろず (yorozu)
Stroke order (3 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 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; million |
| 万全 | ばんぜん banzen | perfection; flawlessness |
| 数万 | すうまん suuman | tens of thousands |
| 万里 | ばんり banri | thousands of miles |
| 万能 | ばんのう bannou | all-purpose; utility; universal |
Study notes
万 is a JLPT N5 kanji written with 3 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #375 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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