万 Kanji – ten thousand
The Japanese kanji 万 can mean ten thousand, 10,000.
Meaning and Readings
How is 万 read?
万 has the onyomi readings マン, バン and the kunyomi reading よろず.
In romaji, these readings can be written as man, ban, yorozu.
Common Japanese Words Using 万
These common Japanese words contain 万. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- １０万（じゅうまん） — 100,000, hundred thousand
- 波乱万丈（はらんばんじょう） — stormy and full of drama, full of ups and downs, with many vicissitudes
- １００万（ひゃくまん） — 1,000,000, one million, million
- 万が一（まんがいち） — (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that, 10000 to 1
- 万一（まんいち） — (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1
- 万引き（まんびき） — shoplifting, shoplifter
- 万国（ばんこく） — all countries, the whole world, universal, all nations
- 万事（ばんじ） — all, everything
- 万年（まんねん） — ten thousand years, eternity
- 万年筆（まんねんひつ） — fountain pen