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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 4
Variants:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wàn
Cantonese: maan6
JapaneseKun: MANJI
JapaneseOn: BAN MAN
Korean: MAN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: swastika, one of the auspicious signs recognized (e.g. in Chinese Tathagata Buddhism) as being on the chest of Buddha (and variously seen in statuary on the chest, soles of the feet, or palms of the hands)

CE-Dict: swastika, Buddhist mystic symbol

Soothill: sauvastika (सौवस्तिक), 塞縛悉底迦; also styled 室利靺瑳 śrīvatsa (श्रीवत्स), lucky sign, Viṣṇu's breast-curl or mark, tr. by 海雲 sea-cloud, or cirrhus. Used as a fancy form of 萬 or 萬; and is also written in a form said to resemble a curl. It is the 4th of the auspicious signs in the footprint of Buddha, and is a mystic diagram of great antiquity. To be distinguished from 卐svastika (स्वस्तिक), the crampons of which turn to the right.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): Ten thousand (萬, 萬). All things, especially used in Buddhism.

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【十字部】 卍
【字彙補】內典萬字。【苑咸詩】蓮花卍字總由天。

Buddhism words and phrases ten thousand; myriad

CF-Dict: Svastika