(wàn) - ten thousand; a great many in Mandarin

wàn

Traditional: 萬

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Translation

ten thousand; a great many

Word origin

Originally a pictograph of a scorpion, the character was borrowed for the number ten thousand and has kept that numerical meaning. It also means a great many.

Origin: pictograph borrowed phonetically
Root: a pictograph of a scorpion, borrowed for the number

Stroke order

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Examples

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This book sold ten thousand copies.

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He has tens of thousands of items in his collection.

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All things are hard at the start.

千qiān。

Be sure not to forget.

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There were tens of thousands of people present.

万 (wàn) means ten thousand, and by extension a great many. Chinese counts in units of 万, so 十万 is a hundred thousand.

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This word is part of lesson 24.