JLPT N5 · Big numbers & money

一万

いちまん

ten thousand

Stroke order of 一万

2 characters, 4 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

一 · 1 strokes 万 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

A single line 一 above 万, a big number with many strokes, means ten thousand.

Parts: 一 one + 万 ten thousand

The characters in 一万

一いち — one (1 strokes)
万まん — ten thousand (3 strokes)

Example sentence

一万人の町に住んでいます。

いちまんにんのまちにすんでいます。

I live in a town of ten thousand people.

Words with 一

一one 一つone (thing)一人one person; alone 一万円10,000 yen 一本one (long thing)一枚one (flat thing)一冊one (book)一台one (machine; vehicle)一匹one (small animal)一杯one cup; full 一回once; one time 一階first floor 一番number one; best; most 一時one o'clock 一分one minute 一時間one hour 一週間one week 一年one year

Words with 万

万ten thousand 一万円10,000 yen 万歳hurray; banzai

More words: Big numbers & money

二十twenty 三百three hundred 六百six hundred 八百eight hundred 三千three thousand 百円100 yen 五百円500 yen 千円1,000 yen 一万円10,000 yen 二十歳twenty years old 全部all; everything 半分half

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