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一万二 (yí wàn èr) — twelve thousand (12,000)

Definition

numeral
twelve thousand (12,000)

Examples

  • 一万二。
    Zhè tái diàn nǎo huā le yí wàn èr kuài qián.
    This computer cost twelve thousand yuan.
  • 一万二。
    Wǒ men gōng sī qù nián yíng yè é dá dào yí wàn èr.
    Our company's revenue last year reached twelve thousand.
  • 一万二。
    Tā měi gè yuè gōng zī yǒu yí wàn èr.
    His monthly salary is twelve thousand.

Origin

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 萬; 万 is its simplified writing.

For 万, the form 萬 was originally a picture of a scorpion, later borrowed for its sound to write 'ten thousand'; the scorpion picture is unrelated to that number.

Open 万 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →
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