HSK 2 · Shopping & money

万

wàn

ten thousand

Stroke order of 万

万 is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A single line '一' with a swooping hook beneath counts ten thousand ants marching underneath.

Parts: 一 one + 𠃌 hooked stroke (simplified from 萬, originally a scorpion)

Example sentence

这个城市有三万人。

This city has thirty thousand people.

Words with 万

千万be sure to; ten million

More words: Shopping & money

卖to sell 便宜cheap 收入income 角jiao (1/10 yuan); angle 千thousand 亿hundred million 公斤kilogram 斤jin (half a kilogram)千克kilogram 克gram 公里kilometre 租to rent 打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time

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