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万 — ten thousand; a great number

Pinyin
wàn · mò · Wàn
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — wàn, mò, Wàn — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 万: 3 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

万 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 万

Words with 万 in the HSK syllabus: 15

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 万wànten thousand; a great numberHSK 2
  2. 千万qiānwànten million; countless; many; one must by all meansHSK 4
  3. 万一wànyījust in case; if by any chance; contingencyHSK 5
  4. 成千上万chéngqiān-shàngwànby the thousands and tens of thousandsHSK 6
  5. 千家万户qiānjiā-wànhùevery familyHSK 6
  6. 万物wànwùall things; all that existsHSK 6
  7. 包罗万象bāoluó-wànxiàngall-embracing; all-inclusiveHSK 7–9
  8. 鹏程万里péngchéng-wànlǐthe fabled roc flies ten thousand milesHSK 7–9
  9. 千变万化qiānbiàn-wànhuàcountless changes; constant permutationHSK 7–9
  10. 千军万马qiānjūn-wànmǎmagnificent army with thousands of men and horses; impressive display of manpowerHSK 7–9
  11. 万分wànfēnvery much; extremely; one ten thousandth partHSK 7–9
  12. 万能wànnéngomnipotent; all-purpose; universalHSK 7–9
  13. 万万wànwànhundred million; enormous quantityHSK 7–9
  14. 万无一失wànwú-yìshīsurefire; absolutely safeHSK 7–9
  15. 亿万yìwànmillions and millionsHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.