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Mythic Mandarin

万一 (wàn yī): meaning and stroke order

万一 (wàn yī) means just in case, if by any chance, contingency.

万一

Simplified
万一
Traditional
萬一
Pinyin
wàn yī

Stroke order of 万一

万

  • mò used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
  • Wàn surname Wan
  • wàn ten thousand; a great number
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 萬

Stroke by stroke

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 万一

  1. wàn yī Traditional 萬一
    • just in case
    • if by any chance
    • contingency

Radicals of the characters

万
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes · built from 丆 and 𠃌
一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

万一 in our stories

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  • 赵王不听。她只好又说：“大王一定要用他的话，万一他打了败仗，请不要连累我们全家。”赵王答应了。

    Zhào Wáng bù tīng tā zhǐhǎo yòu shuō dàwáng yídìng yào yòng tā dehuà wànyī tā dǎ le bàizhàng qǐng búyào liánlei wǒmen quánjiā Zhào Wáng dāying le

    The king would not listen. So she said: "If Your Majesty is determined to use him, then should he lose, please do not punish our whole family." The king agreed.

    From the story Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 万一

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).