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The Chinese word wan - 万 - wàn
(ten thousand in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

wàn

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English translations

ten thousand,
a great many, a surname, 10000

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 万 ( wàn ) correctly?"

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Chinese characters ( wan / wàn ) with pronunciation (English translation: ten thousand )
万 ( wan / wàn ) in traditional characters
萬
Topic
Numbers and Mathematics
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Character complexity
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万 is composed of 3 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

a character with four ends - a number with four zeroes   |  
万 ( wan / wàn ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 199)
Chinese example words containing the character 万 ( wan / wàn )
千万 ( qiānwàn = to be sure ), 万寿山 ( Wàn Shòu Shān = Longevity Hill ), 万圣节 ( wànshèngjié = Halloween ), 万象 ( Wànxiàng = Vientiane )
Other characters that are pronounced wàn in Chinese
腕 (wrist)

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