ten thousand, 10,000
万 centers on the large, round number ten thousand. It is used for counting in units of 10,000 and can also express a vast, indefinite multitude.
万 is the modern simplified form of 萬, which originally depicted a scorpion and was borrowed for its sound to represent the number ten thousand. The simplified form 万 is an ancient shorthand that became standard in Japan.
The shape of 万 looks like the number 10,000 written with a single flowing stroke: the top line is the '1', and the curved stroke sweeps through four zeros.
For マン, imagine a man counting to ten thousand: man -> マン, and he finally reaches the huge number 万.
10,000; ten thousand
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; 10000 to 1
all-purpose; utility; universal
perfection; flawlessness
world fair; international exposition
thousands of miles
shoplifting; shoplifter
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); 10000 to 1
banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray
all; everything
all; everything
fountain pen
all things; all creation
kaleidoscope
all countries; the whole world; universal; all nations
all things in nature; the whole creation
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
10,000 yen bill
all creation; all nature; all the universe
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)