Chinese Character Wiki
馬

mǎ

horse

Pictograph of a horse.

Evolution

馬 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
馬 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
馬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
馬 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
馬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

马 (馬) 

mǎ

horse; surname; KangXi radical 187; CL:匹[pǐ]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess

马 (馬) 

Mǎ

surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ​lái​xī​yà]

Most common words with 馬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

马上

at once

马

horse

神马

mythical horse

罗马

Rome, capital of Italy

马路

street

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (5 verified)

嗎 媽 瑪 碼 罵 螞

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤraʔ

maeX

mǎ

horse


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 89.0597% of movies

233rd most common character in movies

276th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

马

Unicode

U+99AC

Shuowen

“馬，怒也；武也。象馬頭髦尾四足之形。，古文。，籀文馬與同，有髦。”


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