万
wànmòWàn HSK2

ten thousand

  • edit character approved 万 — "standardized desc." by Marcus Ngai
    Hint
    Variant of 丏. Depicts a person (人) with a cover on top, conveying the original meaning "to not be seen". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Simplified form of 萬. → Simplified form of 萬. Variant of 丏. Depicts a person (人) with a cover on top, conveying the original meaning "to not be seen". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Changed one source" by Prismcool
    Sources
    • 季旭昇《說文新證》p.701
    • 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2839-2840
    • - zdic

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Rollback Pymff8eiNWsJuKdGy" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Origin unclear. Simplified form of 萬. → Variant of 丏. Depicts a person (人) with a cover on top, conveying the original meaning "to not be seen". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Simplified form of 萬.
    Original meaning
    to not be seen
    Components
    • + 一 Iconic Used here to depict a cover.
    • + 人 Iconic
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    万
    →
    万
    • Component 1: 1
    • Component 2: 2-3
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Adjustment" by Prismcool

    No field changes detected.

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Rollback NvQQtBiQCZZJq8nG3" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬. → Origin unclear. Simplified form of 萬.
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  • edit character approved 万 — "Rollback nhQuBCZd7c2vgNcqA" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Variant of 丏. Depicts a person (人) with a cover on top, conveying the original meaning "to not be seen". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Simplified form of 萬. → Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬.
    Components
    • - 一 Iconic
    • - 人 Iconic
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    万
    →
    万
    • Component 1: 1 → (removed)
    • Component 2: 2-3 → (removed)
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.954-955
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    • - 季旭昇《說文新證》p.701
    • - 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2839-2840
    • - zdic

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Added source " by Prismcool
    Sources
    • 季旭昇《說文新證》p.701
    • 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2839-2840
    • + zdic

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Added etymology " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Origin unclear. Simplified form of 萬. → Variant of 丏. Depicts a person (人) with a cover on top, conveying the original meaning "to not be seen". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Simplified form of 萬.
    Original meaning
    to not be seen
    Components
    • + 一 Iconic Used here to depict a cover.
    • + 人 Iconic
    Stroke fragments (simplified)
    万
    →
    万
    • Component 1: 1
    • Component 2: 2-3
    Sources
    • + 季旭昇《說文新證》p.701
    • + 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2839-2840
    • - 漢語多功能字庫

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Rollback NvQQtBiQCZZJq8nG3" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬. → Origin unclear. Simplified form of 萬.
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Traditional" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Simplified form of 萬. Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬. → Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬.

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Adjustment" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Simplified form of 萬. Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬. → Simplified form of 萬. Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬.
    Sources

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  • edit character approved 万 — "Edited explanation " by Prismcool
    Hint
    Origin unclear. Simplified form of 萬. → Simplified form of 萬. Originally a pictograph of a scorpion. The current meaning is a phonetic. The simplified character 万 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 萬.

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  • edit character approved 万 — "verify, add source" by Peter Olson
    Sources
    • + 漢語多功能字庫
    • - 季旭昇《說文新證》p.701
    • - 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2839-2840

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