万万
wàn wàn · HSK 7
absolutely
💯 万 = ten thousand; doubled 万万 piles ten-thousand on ten-thousand to mean absolutely, wholly
Reduplicating 万 (ten thousand) intensifies it into a sweeping absolute. Often used with a negative: 万万不可 means by no means at all, absolutely not.
万 — top 一 + 𠃌 (hook) over 丿
Originally a pictograph of a scorpion, used in oracle bone script. It was borrowed phonetically to mean 'ten thousand' and the original scorpion sense was lost. The traditional form 萬 shows the scorpion more clearly; 万 is a simplified variant long used as a common shorthand.
万 — top 一 + 𠃌 (hook) over 丿
Originally a pictograph of a scorpion, used in oracle bone script. It was borrowed phonetically to mean 'ten thousand' and the original scorpion sense was lost. The traditional form 萬 shows the scorpion more clearly; 万 is a simplified variant long used as a common shorthand.