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Chinese
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ten thousand; a great number; surname
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thing; object; matter
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| trad. (萬物)
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萬
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物
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| simp. (万物)
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万
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物
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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萬
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物
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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wàn
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wù
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ mjonH ›
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‹ mjut ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.ma-s/
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/*C.mut/
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| English
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10000
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thing
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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萬
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物
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12633
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13218
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Phonetic
component
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萬
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勿
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Rime
group
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元
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物
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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万
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物
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Old
Chinese
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/*mlans/
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/*mɯd/
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Noun
萬物
- everything; all things
- all the universe
- every manifestation of nature; all living things
Synonyms
- (everything): 萬有／万有 (wànyǒu)
- (every manifestation of nature): 博物 (bówù)
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 萬物 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 萬物, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
萬物 • (manmul) (hangeul 만물)
- hanja form? of 만물 (“everything”)
Vietnamese
Noun
萬物
- chữ Hán form of vạn vật (“everything”).