万
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ten thousand; a great number
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #294 U+4E07
How 万 is formed
How to remember it
ten thousand · Heisig RSH #65
bound up + 一 one
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 万 as their sound component
These characters all use 万 (wàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 万 sound component | wàn | ten thousand; innumerable |
| 劢 | mài | to put forth effort, to strive for |
| 虿 | chài | scorpion |
Words containing 万
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 万山区 | Wàn shān Qū | Wanshan, a district of Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 万安县 | Wàn ān Xiàn | Wan'an, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 一本万利 | yī běn wàn lì | small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out |
| 万里江山 | wàn lǐ jiāng shān | lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; a vast territory (idiom) |
| 万里长城 | Wàn lǐ Cháng chéng | the Great Wall |
| 万里长江 | Wàn lǐ Cháng jiāng | Changjiang River; Yangtze River |
| 万事开头难 | wàn shì kāi tóu nán | every beginning is difficult (idiom); getting started is always the hardest part |
| 万州区 | Wàn zhōu Qū | Wanzhou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 万年县 | Wàn nián Xiàn | Wannian, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 万人 | wàn rén | ten thousand people; all the people; everyman |
| 万无一失 | wàn wú yī shī | surefire; absolutely safe (idiom) |
| 万一 | wàn yī | just in case; if by any chance; contingency |
| 万山 | Wàn shān | see 萬山區|万山区[Wan4 shan1 Qu1] |
| 万事通 | wàn shì tōng | jack-of-all-trades; know-it-all |
| 万国 | wàn guó | all nations |
| 万古长新 | wàn gǔ cháng xīn | to remain forever new (idiom) |
| 说一千，道一万 | shuō yī qiān , dào yī wàn | when all is said and done; at the end of the day |
| 万全区 | Wàn quán Qū | Wanquan, a district of Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 万事得 | Wàn shì dé | Mazda Motor Corporation; also known as 馬自達|马自达 |
| 万有 | wàn yǒu | universal |