CHINESE CHARACTER

万 (wàn): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

wàn

ten thousand; innumerable

HSK 23 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

一

Primary radical

一 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 万.

一

Visible components

万 is decomposed as ⿱一？.

STROKES · 3

Write 万 in 3 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 万

万wàn

HSK 2 · surname Wan; ten thousand; a great number

千万qiānwàn

HSK 4 · ten million; countless; many; one must by all means

万一wànyī

HSK 5 · just in case; if by any chance; contingency

成千上万chéngqiān-shàngwàn

HSK 6 · (lit.) by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); (fig.) untold numbers; innumerable; countless

千家万户qiānjiā-wànhù

HSK 6 · every family (idiom)

万物wànwù

HSK 6 · all things; all that exists

Examples using 万

万

一万日元够吗？

Yí wàn rì yuán gòu ma？

Will ten thousand yen do?

千万

千万别理汤姆。

Qiān wàn bié lǐ tāng mǔ。

Don't pay any attention to Tom.

万一

万一我来晚的话，就别等我了。

Wàn yī wǒ lái wǎn de huà， jiù bié děng wǒ le。

If by any chance I'm late, please don't wait for me.

FAQ

What does 万 (wàn) mean in Chinese?

ten thousand; innumerable

How do you write 万 in stroke order?

万 has 3 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 万?

一 is the radical in 万. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 万?

万 (wàn): surname Wan; ten thousand; a great number; 千万 (qiānwàn): ten million; countless; many; one must by all means; 万一 (wànyī): just in case; if by any chance; contingency.