JLPT N5 · 3 strokes
Kanji 万: "ten thousand, 10,000"
The kanji 万 means "ten thousand, 10,000". It is written with 3 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N5, read マン, バン in on'yomi and よろず in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
マンバン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よろず
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | ten thousand, 10,000 |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 3 |
| JLPT level | N5 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 375 of 2,501 |
Common words with 万
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 万10,000; ten thousand · myriad
- 万が一par extraordinaire, dans le cas improbable où · cas d'urgence, pire scénario
- 万全perfection; flawlessness
- 万人all people; everybody
- 万能all-purpose; utility; universal · all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent; all-round (e.g. athlete)
- １万10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
- 万一(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); 10000 to 1 · (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
- 万歳banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray · something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration
- 万事all; everything
- １００万1,000,000; one million; million · many
- １０万100,000; hundred thousand
- 数万tens of thousands
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