• 一万いちまん — ten thousand
• 百万ひゃくまん — one million
• 数万すうまん — tens of thousands
• 万一まんいち — by any chance / worst-case scenario
• 万人ばんにん — all people / everybody
• 万国ばんこく — all nations

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• 万能ばんのう — all-purpose / almighty
• 万全ばんぜん — fully prepared / flawless
• 万歳ばんざい — cheers / Banzai! / hurrah
• 万引きまんびき — shoplifting
• 万年筆まんねんひつ — fountain pen
• 万華鏡まんげきょう — kaleidoscope

万 is a compact kanji with a big meaning — it represents “ten thousand,” a core block in East Asian number systems. It’s commonly used when talking about currency, population, or anything measured in large units.

The character is often seen in compound words that imply totality or magnitude — from money (万円) to expressions of celebration (万歳).