万 — JLPT N5 Kanji

万 (man/ban/yorozu): ten thousand. JLPT N5 kanji.

Character Info

Kanji Strokes JLPT Radical Radical Meaning
3 N5 one

Readings

Type Reading Romaji Notes
On (音) マン/バン man/ban Chinese-origin (音読み)
Kun (訓) よろず yorozu ten thousand (archaic/literary)

Meanings

  1. ten thousand
  2. myriad

Vocabulary

Word Reading Romaji English JLPT
一万円 いちまんえん ichiman-en 10,000 yen N5
三万 さんまん sanman 30,000 N5
万年筆 まんねんひつ mannenhitsu fountain pen N4
百万 ひゃくまん hyakuman one million N4
万国 ばんこく bankoku all nations / world N3

Stroke Order

  1. Horizontal stroke at top. 2. Diagonal left stroke. 3. Long sweeping right stroke with bend.

Mnemonic

A sprawling shape suggesting vastness —万 means ten thousand, or 'countless.'

Common Mistakes

万 vs 力 (power) — 万 has a top horizontal; 力 does not.