万

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

• 𬇕, 杤, 𥸯, 迈, 𠒐, 劢, 𪜇, 𫔬, 虿, 趸, 𦥤, 厉, 𡧊, 疠, 𡆭
• 𭜌, 𭔩, 𬮙, 𮍴, 𭆑, 𬜼

• 萬 (Orthodox traditional form)

• ㄪ (Zhuyin alphabet)

• KangXi: 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

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.

万

1. Only used in 万俟 (Mòqí).

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

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 萬)

1. ten thousand, myriad
2. various, many, all

As a simplification and variant of 萬:

• Go-on: もん (mon)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: まん (man, Jōyō)
• Kun: よろず (yorozu, 万)^{←よろづ (yorodu, 万, historical)}
• Nanori: かず (kazu); かつ (katsu); すすむ (susumu); たか (taka); つむ (tsumu); つもる (tsumoru); ま (ma); ゆる (yuru); よし (yoshi)

As part of the surname 万俟:

• Go-on: もく (moku)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku)

• 万(まん)引(び)き (manbiki)
• 万年青(オモト) (omoto)

From Middle Chinese 萬 (MC mʉɐn^H). Compare modern Cantonese reading 萬／万 (maan⁶).

• (Tokyo) ま​ん [máꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [mã̠ɴ]

万(まん) • (man) 

1. ten thousand, myriad
   • 1999 October 17, “３(さん)万(まん)年(ねん)の白(しろ)亀(メ) [30,000-Year White Turtle]”, in BOOSTER 5, Konami:

     ３(さん)万(まん)年(ねん)も生(い)きつづけている巨(きょ)大(だい)カメ。守(しゅ)備(び)力(りょく)が高(たか)い。

     Sanman-nen mo ikitsuzukete iru kyodai kame. Shubiryoku ga takai.

     A giant turtle that has lived for over 30,000 years. It has high defense strength.

From Middle Chinese 萬 (MC mʉɐn^H). Compare modern Hokkien reading 萬／万 (bān).

• (Tokyo) ば​ん [báꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [bã̠ɴ]

万(ばん) • (ban) 

1. (followed by a negative) even if, never
2. (followed by a negative) no matter what

万(ばん) • (ban-) 

1. many
2. all

⟨yo₂ro₂du⟩ → */jərədu/ → /jorod͡zu/ → /jorozu/

From Old Japanese,[4] found in the oldest sources such as the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

Appears to be a compound or inflection, but the derivation is unclear. Possibly related to Korean 여러 (yeoreo, “several, various”), in which case the final /-du/ in the Old Japanese might be a voiced version of the generic numeral nominalizer つ (tsu).

• (Tokyo) よ​ろず [yóꜜròzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) よろず [yòrózú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾo̞zɨᵝ]

万(よろず) • (yorozu) ^{←よろづ (yorodu)?}

1. ten thousand
2. a large number
3. all, everything

• 万(よろず)屋(や) (yorozuya, “general merchant”)

万, eumhun 일 만 (il man)

1. Alternative form of 萬.

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).

万: Hán Việt readings: vạn[1][2]
万: Nôm readings: vàn[2][3], vạn[1], muôn[2]

1. Alternative form of 萬.