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萬 = 艹 + 禺

萬 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ten thousand (old)”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 禺 (talking cricket). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2974. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
ten thousand (old)
RTK frame
2974
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
マン, バン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よろず
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ten thousand, десять тысяч (старый)
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
萬 ten thousand

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 禺 talking cricket

Characters that contain 萬

How to find 萬 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “talking cricket”. 萬 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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