万 — Stroke order

JLPT N5 kanji · 3 strokes · #375 by frequency

Ten thousand, 10,000

Meaning
Ten thousand, 10,000
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
マンバン
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
よろず
Radical

In bold: the readings to learn first.

Stroke order

3 strokes. The stroke to draw is in red; the previous ones are already in place.

  1. Stroke 1/3
  2. Stroke 2/3
  3. Stroke 3/3

Memory hook

A banner on a hooked pole, planted before an army of ten thousand () soldiers.

Kanzen's hook for this kanji. In the app, you can adopt another learner's or write your own.

Common vocabulary

WordReadingMeaning
万歳よろずとせten thousand years, eternity
万年筆まんねんひつfountain pen
ばんcompletely, absolutely, totally
八百万やおよろずmyriad, countless things
万一まんいち(unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario)
万人ばんにんall people, everybody

Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.