萬

Glyph origin
– scorpion. This character's original meaning has been lost, and the derivative refers to the original word.

Etymology

 * “scorpion”
 * See.


 * “religious dance; sorcery”
 * Perhaps from . Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.


 * “myriad; ten thousand”
 * considers the etymology of this sense and compares it with 🇨🇬. Similar words are found in branches of Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Korean, and Tocharian; here they are treated as very old loanwords from Chinese, per, ,  and.

Definitions

 * 1) myriad, ten thousand, 10000
 * 2)  a great number; myriad; numerous
 * 3) very; extremely; absolutely
 * 1)  a great number; myriad; numerous
 * 2) very; extremely; absolutely
 * 1)  a great number; myriad; numerous
 * 2) very; extremely; absolutely
 * 1)  a great number; myriad; numerous
 * 2) very; extremely; absolutely
 * 1) very; extremely; absolutely
 * 1) very; extremely; absolutely

Descendants
Others:



Kanji

 * 1) ten thousand

Etymology 1
→ * → →

From, first attested in the  (712 ). See for more senses.

Etymology 2
From. See for more senses.

Etymology 3
Likely a shift from ban above. See for more senses.

Etymology
From.