万
wànTraditional: 万
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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
万
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。
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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