GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 108

万

万 is read as wàn.

Pinyin

wàn

Script forms

Simplified 万 · Traditional 萬

Basic meaning

ten thousand; myriad

Five element

Water

Origin

Time: Zhou and later multi-source surname traditions; Zhou and later surname traditions, from 1046-256 BCE onward

Place: Multiple traditions across the central plains

Origin note

Wan is a multi-source surname. Some traditions read it through auspicious number-name use, others through place or branch names. The page keeps the number meaning visible without pretending it is the only origin.

Historical figures

万斯同 (Wan Sitong)

1638-1702 CE · Qing scholar

A historian involved in Ming historical scholarship.

万密斋 (Wan Mizhai)

1499-1582 CE · Ming physician

A Ming medical writer.

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