Chinese Character Wiki
马

mǎ

horse

Simplified form of 馬. Pictograph of a horse.

Evolution

马 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
马 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
马 Simplified script Modern

Simplified 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 马
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 8 characters (5 verified)

吗 妈 玛 码 骂 蚂 犸 杩

Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 89.0597% of movies

233rd most common character in movies

276th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Traditional

馬

Unicode

U+9A6C


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