만

man · TOPIK 1

ten thousand

One man counts to ten thousand: man = 10,000

Sounds like English man. From hanja 萬, the same character as Chinese wàn and Japanese man. Korean groups big numbers by 만, not by thousands: 10,000 is 만, 100,000 is 십만 (ten 만), 1,000,000 is 백만 (hundred 만).

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