まん
万
よう
葉

noun

  1. Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry). Abbreviation.
  2. thousands of leaves. Archaism.
  3. thousands of years, all ages, eternity. Archaism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
まん
万
よう
葉
 万葉 まんよう
まんにょう
万葉
 万葉 まんにょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)