agate stone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
玉 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

jade

马 sound component

  Sound component

  

horse

Evolution

玛 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
玛 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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agate; cornelian

Most common words with 玛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尼玛

Nyima county, Tibetan: Nyi ma rdzong in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Nà​qǔ​dì​qū], central Tibet

agate

玛丽

Mali

沃尔玛

Wal-Mart, Walmart (retailer)

玛雅

Maya (civilization)