万 ten thousand

On'yomi: マン、バン
Kun'yomi: よろず
Strokes: 3
JLPT: N5
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

1
2
3

万 is written in 3 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

One single line (一) on top, then a swooping stroke that keeps going and going — one that never stops multiplying becomes ten thousand.

A common word

一万いちまん ten thousand

Example sentences

この時計は三万円です。
このとけいはさんまんえんです。
This watch costs thirty thousand yen.
この町には十万人ぐらい住んでいます。
このまちにはじゅうまんにんぐらいすんでいます。
About a hundred thousand people live in this town.

Kanji that share a part

一 is its radical. 50 kanji share it in all.