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The character "万", simplified from the traditional "萬", originated as a pictogram for a scorpion before being phonetically borrowed to represent the number ten thousand, which led to the complete displacement of its initial meaning. The traditional character's structure is composed of the grass radical "艹" positioned above the component "禺", while the simplified form "万" derived from historically cursive abbreviations of that character. Its usage transitioned entirely to numerical functions, and it now serves as a numeral and appears in words conveying large or indefinite quantities.
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这里有一万人。
万年以前有恐龙。
万一他不来怎么办？
我走了万里路。
春天万物复苏。
这个工具是万能的。
万一遇到困难，不要放弃。
他的存款有几十万元。