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JLPT N5

Ten thousand

Onyomi
マン (man), バン (ban)
Kunyomi
(なし)

🧠 Memory Mnemonic

🔍 Radical Breakdown
万 (ten thousand - a base shape, often visually associated with an insect or spider)
📖 Mnemonic Story
Picture a terrifying, enormous SPIDER with an impossible TEN THOUSAND legs! The top stroke is its menacing head, and the complex bottom strokes are its myriad of wiggling legs, all scurrying and making your skin crawl. There are just so, so many legs!
💡 Quick Hint: Ten thousand spiders

Essential N5 Vocabulary

一万
いちまん
Ten thousand
何万
なんまん
How many tens of thousands
万円
まんえん
Ten thousand yen

Kanji Practice Quiz

Verify your memory for "万"

この車は _____円です。
🎉 正解 / Correct!
解説: 「一万」は「いちまん」と読みます。
English: '一万' is read as 'ichiman'.
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