What does the kanji 万 mean?

The kanji 万 (man) means "ten thousand, 10,000". It is a JLPT N5 character.

"man" is written with the kanji 万, meaning "ten thousand, 10,000". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) まん (man), ばん (ban). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 万?

Write 万 ("ten thousand") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 万?

万 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) まん (man), ばん (ban).

万“ten thousand” Kanjiman

JLPT N5

How to write 万

万 (ten thousand) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

ten thousand, 10,000

Onyomi (音読み)

まん man
ばん ban

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

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Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 万

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

このコートは一いち万まん円えんです。
This coat is ten thousand yen.
万 (まん)
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万一まんいちハイジャックにあったらどうしますか。
What if hijackers should appear?
万一 (まんいち)
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今いままでのところ万事ばんじうまくいっている。
So far everything has been successful.
万事 (ばんじ)
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Read 万 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.