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N5 Kanji 13: 万
Meaning of kanji 万:

In Japanese, 万 means “ten thousand”.
How to read kanji 万:
Kunyomi | Not often used |
Onyomi | まん、ばん |
How to write kanji 万:

Origin of kanji 万:

The original meaning of 万 is scorpion,a scorpion has everything,such as pliers,body and tail,so we use it to stand for a number,which is ten thousand, you can remember it as “even if you have ten thousand lives,you will die if you got stung.”

Development of kanji 万:

Vocabulary containing kanji 万:
Word | Reading | Meaning |
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一万 | いちまん | ten thousand |
二万 | にまん | twenty thousand |
三万 | さんまん | thirty thousand |
四万 | よんまん | forty thousand |
五万 | ごまん | fifty thousand |
六万 | ろくまん | sixty thousand |
七万 | ななまん | seventy thousand |
八万 | はちまん | eighty thousand |
九万 | きゅうまん | ninety thousand |
万能 | ばんのう | universal |
Example Sentences of kanji 万:
一万円以上します。 It will cost more than ten thousand yen. 万年筆って持ってる? Do you have a fountain pen? 彼は月に30万円稼ぐ。 He earns 300,000 yen a month. 彼は私に三万円くれた。 He gave me 30,000 yen. 準備は万端です。 Everything is ready. |
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