万

Derived characters

 * 𬇕, 杤, 𥸯, 迈, 𠒐, 劢, 𪜇, 𫔬, 虿, 趸, 𦥤, 厉, 𡧊, 疠, 𡆭
 * 𭜌, 𭔩, 𬮙, 𮍴, 𭆑, 𬜼, 𰿘, 𲈦

Glyph origin
. Used as a tribal name in oracle inscriptions. Used as a number since the and s.

Various theories have been proposed for its original meaning:
 * Qu Wanli, and others propose that it originally refers to a type of dancer-musicians. This usage is attested in the oracle inscriptions. This may be supported by ancient literature, e.g. , which mentions a type of dance called.
 * Lin Yiguang proposes that it is an ancient form of, acting as a phonetic component in.
 * Some propose that it is a differentiated form of.

Kanji

 * 1) ten thousand, myriad
 * 2) various, many, all

Readings
As a simplification and variant of :

As part of the surname :

Etymology 1
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) ten thousand, myriad

Etymology 2
From. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1)  even if, never
 * 2)  no matter what

Prefix

 * 1) many
 * 2) all

Etymology 3
→ * → →

From. First attested in the  of 720.

Appears to be a compound or inflection, but the derivation is unclear. Possibly related to 🇨🇬, in which case the final in the Old Japanese might be a voiced version of the generic numeral nominalizer.

Noun

 * 1) ten thousand
 * 2) a large number
 * 3) all, everything