馬

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 4.2 See also 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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Derived from the pictogram of a horse with its head turned to look back and showing a flowing mane in the wind. The four short strokes at its base represent its feet, and the seeping stroke in the lower right represents its tail.

[edit] Han character

馬 (radical 187 馬+0, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸手尸火 (SQSF), four-corner 7132₇)

1. horse
2. surname
3. KangXi radical 187 馬

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1433, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44572
• Dae Jaweon: page 1956, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4539, character 1
• Unihan data for U+99AC

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

馬 (jyutping maa5, Yale ma5)

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Noun

馬 (hiragana うま, romaji uma)

1. horse
2. (shogi) promoted bishop
3. sawhorse. A four-leg stand made by wood or iron for supporting some materials, such as a car body for car maintenance, or a piece of wood for sawing it.

[edit] Kanji

馬 (grade 2 kanji)

1. horse

[edit] Readings

• On: ば (ba), め (me), ま (ma)
• Kun: うま (uma)

[edit] Compounds

河馬 (かば/カバ, kaba) 馬酔木 馬が合う 馬面 馬鹿 馬鹿力 馬脚 馬具 馬券 馬耳東風 馬車

馬車馬 馬術 馬上 馬力 馬鈴薯 馬簾 馬子 馬手 木馬 競馬 弓馬

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

馬
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 마 (revised: ma, McCune-Reischauer: ma, Yale: ma)

• Name (hangeul): 말, 성()

[edit] Compounds

• 馬車 (마차, macha): horse-drawn carriage
• 競馬 (경마, gyeongma): horserace

[edit] See also

• 말 (mal)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

馬 (simplified 马, pinyin mǎ (ma3), Wade-Giles ma³)

[edit] Compounds

• 馬馬虎虎 (mǎmǎhǔhǔ; 马马虎虎)
• 馬德里
• 馬拉松