角馬

See also: 角马

Chinese

		horn; angle; role horn; angle; role; actor; contend; horn-shaped; Chinese musical note	horse; surname
trad. (角馬)		角	馬
simp. (角马)		角	马
Literally: “horned horse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎomǎ, juémǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ, ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok-mâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kok-bé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎomǎ [Phonetic: jiáomǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎomǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-ma³
    • Yale: jyǎu-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaumaa
    • Palladius: цзяома (czjaoma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary, for the “horned horse” sense)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juémǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuémǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-ma³
    • Yale: jywé-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuemaa
    • Palladius: цзюэма (czjuema)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³ maa⁵
    • Yale: gok máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ maː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gog^ˋ ma^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gog⁵ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kok̚² ma²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kok-bé
    • Tâi-lô: kok-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kokbea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁵ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔk̚³²⁻⁴ be⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewk maeX

Rime
Character	角	馬
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古岳切	莫下切
Baxter	kaewk	maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠʌk̚/	/mˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚɔk̚/	/mᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɔk̚/	/maX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwk̚/	/maɨX/
Li Rong	/kɔk̚/	/maX/
Wang Li	/kɔk̚/	/maX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɔk̚/	/maX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue	mǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gok3	maa5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[k]ˤrok  mˤraʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kroːɡ  mraːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	角	馬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎo	mǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ kæwk ›	‹ mæX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[k]ˁrok/	/*mˁraʔ/
English	horn, corner	horse
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	角	馬
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	6372	8715
Phonetic component	角	馬
Rime group	屋	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	覺	馬
Old Chinese	/*kroːɡ/	/*mraːʔ/

Noun

角馬

1. (literally) horned horse (metaphor for losing one's true features or an impossible occurrence)

   • 次五，童牛角馬，不今不古。測曰：「童牛角馬，變天常也。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     次五，童牛角马，不今不古。测曰：「童牛角马，变天常也。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, The Canon of Supreme Mystery, 2 BCE

     Cì wǔ, tóng niú jiǎomǎ, bù jīn bù gǔ. Cè yuē: “Tóng niú jiǎomǎ, biàn tiān cháng yě.” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. wildebeest; gnu (genus Connochaetes)

Synonyms

• (gnu): 牛羚 (niúlíng)

Related terms

• 童牛角馬／童牛角马 (tóng niú jué mǎ, “hornless oxen and horned horses; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript”)
• 馬生角／马生角 (mǎ shēng jiǎo, “impossibility”)
• 烏頭白，馬生角／乌头白，马生角 (wū tóu bái mǎ shēng jiǎo, “impossibility”)
• 天雨粟，馬生角／天雨粟，马生角 (tiān yù sù mǎ shēng jiǎo, “impossibility”)
• 天粟馬角／天粟马角 (tiān sù mǎ jiǎo, “impossibility”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
角	馬
Grade: 2	Grade: 2

Noun

角馬(つのうま) • (tsuno uma) 

1. (very rare) wildebeest; gnu

Synonyms

• ヌー (nū)

Proper noun

角馬(かくま) • (Kakuma) 

1. a surname
2. A given name.

角馬(かどま) • (Kadoma) 

1. a surname