万
mò
#322 most
frequent character
used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
万 first showed a sharp knife blade and meant to cut or injure. The number 10,000 was borrowed only for the sound, not from the picture. From 'ten thousand' came the sense 'all'.
Drawn as: sharp knife blade
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