(mǎ) - horse in Mandarin
mǎTraditional: 马
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Translation
horse
Word origin
马 (mǎ) 'horse' is a pictograph: the older forms clearly drew a horse with its mane, four legs and tail, which the modern simplified character has reduced to a few strokes. The traditional 馬 preserves more of the original picture.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- stylised drawing of a horse (mane, legs, tail)
Stroke order
马
Examples
。
He has a white horse.
。
Horses run very fast.
。
This is a fine horse.
。
This horse runs really fast.
摔。
He fell off the horse's back.
马 (mǎ) means horse.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 马.
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