How to say 'Ten thousand' in Japanese | 万

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The Japanese word for Ten thousand is 'Man', written as 万 in Japanese.'Ten thousand' in hiragana is まん.

word

万

Meaning

Ten thousand

Reading

まん

man

Kanji

万Ten thousand

Explanation

The Japanese noun '万 (まん)' means 'ten thousand'. It is used to denote the number 10,000 and is commonly used in contexts involving large quantities or sums. For example: ten thousand yen「一万円」(いちまんえん). There are ten thousand people「一万人がいます」(いちまんにんがいます). It's important to note that '万' is often combined with other numbers to form larger numbers, such as '十万 (じゅうまん)' for 100,000 or '百万 (ひゃくまん)' for 1,000,000.

Part Of Speech

noun

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Frequency

143

Composition

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Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 万

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

万

Meaning

Ten thousand

Words Related to 万 Through the Kanji 万

These 3 Words contain the Kanji 万 as well.

word

万歳

Meaning

Hurrah, Long live

word

万年筆

Meaning

Fountain pen

word

万一

Meaning

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'Man' means 'Ten thousand' .

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