万

See also: 萬, 方, and ㄪ

万 U+4E07, 万 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E07 ← 丆 [U+4E06] CJK Unified Ideographs 丈 → [U+4E08]

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万

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

万 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一尸 (MS), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿸丆𠃌)

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

Related characters

• 萬 (Orthodox traditional form)

Descendants

• ㄪ (Zhuyin alphabet)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 76, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10
• Dae Jaweon: page 137, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 9, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E07
• 万 on Wikidata.Wikidata

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 万
Shang	Western Zhou
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions

Unknown. Used as a tribal name in oracle inscriptions. Used as a number since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

Various theories have been proposed for its original meaning:

• Qu Wanli, Qiu Xigui 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. Shijing, which mentions a type of dance called 萬舞／万舞.
• Lin Yiguang proposes that it is an ancient form of 丏 (OC *meːnʔ), acting as a phonetic component in 賓 (OC *mpin).
• Some propose that it is a differentiated form of 亥.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 万 – see 萬 (“scorpion; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 萬).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Compounds

• 万紐于 (Wànniǔyú)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		万
alternative forms		𢄏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ / maak⁶
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ / maak⁶
    • Yale: mahk / maahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ / maak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ / mag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚²/, /maːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mok

Rime
Character	万
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫北切
Baxter	mok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mək̚/
Li Rong	/mək̚/
Wang Li	/mək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mak6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	万
Reading #	2/2
No.	12614
Phonetic component	万
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	墨
Old Chinese	/*mɯːɡ/

Definitions

万

1. only used in 万俟 (Mòqí)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00001