万

万 (radical 1, 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一尸 (MS), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿸丆𠃌)

• 𭜌, 𬇕, 杤, 迈, 𥸯, 劢, 𭔩, 𫔬, 虿, 趸, 厉, 𡧊, 疠, 𬮙, 𡆭, 栃, 䥿

• 萬 (Orthodox traditional form)

Wikidata

• KangXi: page 76, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10
• Dae Jaweon: page 137, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 9, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E07

Historical forms of the character 万
Shang	Western Zhou
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions

Unknown. Used as a tribal name in oracle inscriptions. Used as a number since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

Various theories have been proposed for its original meaning:

• Qu Wanli, Qiu Xigui and others propose that it originally refers to a type of dancer-musicians. This usage is attested in the oracle inscriptions. This may be supported by ancient literature, e.g. Shijing, which mentions a type of dance called 萬舞／万舞.
• Lin Yiguang proposes that it is an ancient form of 丏 (OC *meːnʔ), acting as a phonetic component in 賓 (OC *mpin).
• Some propose that it is a differentiated form of 亥.

Also used in a trisyllabic surname.

万

1. Only used in 万俟 (Mòqí).

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00001

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 萬)

As a simplification and variant of 萬:

• Go-on: もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: まん (man, Jōyō)
• Kun: よろず (yorozu, 万)^{←よろづ (yorodu, historical)}
• Nanori: かず (kazu); かつ (katsu); すすむ (susumu); たか (taka); つむ (tsumu); つもる (tsumoru); ま (ma); ゆる (yuru); よし (yoshi)

As part of the surname 万俟:

• Go-on: もく (moku)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku)

From Middle Chinese 万 (MC mʉɐn^H).

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) ま​ん [máꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [mã̠ɴ]

万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana まん, rōmaji man)

1. ten thousand, 10,000, myriad
   • 1999 October 17, “３万まん年ねんの白しろ亀カメ [30,000-Year White Turtle]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:

     ３万 (まん)年 (ねん)も生 (い)きつづけている巨 (きょ)大 (だい)カメ。守 (しゅ)備 (び)力 (りょく)が高 (たか)い。

     Sanman-nen mo ikitsuzukete iru kyodai kame. Shubiryoku ga takai.

     A giant turtle that has lived for over 30,000 years. It has high defense strength.

From Middle Chinese 万 (MC mʉɐn^H).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ば​ん [báꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [bã̠ɴ]

万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana ばん, rōmaji ban)

1. (followed by a negative) even if, never
2. (followed by a negative) no matter what

万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana ばん, rōmaji ban-)

1. many
2. all

⟨yo₂ro₂du⟩ → /yorodu/ → /yorod͡zu/ → /yorozu/

From Old Japanese.[4] Found in the oldest sources, such as the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).[5]

Appears to be a compound or inflection, but the derivation is unclear.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) よ​ろず [yóꜜròzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
  • (Tokyo) よろず [yòrózú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾo̞zɨᵝ]

万 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 萬, hiragana よろず, rōmaji yorozu, historical hiragana よろづ)

1. ten thousand
2. a large number
3. all, everything

• 万 (よろず)屋 (や) (yorozuya, “general merchant”)

万 (eum 만 (man))

1. Alternative form of 萬

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2015). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).

万: Hán Việt readings: vạn[1][2]
万: Nôm readings: vàn[2][3], vạn[1], muôn[2]

1. Alternative form of 萬