马
horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #23 U+9A6C
How 马 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Simplified form of 馬, a horse galloping to the left
How to remember it
horse · Heisig RSH #1453
pointed tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 马 as their sound component
These characters all use 马 (mǎ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马 sound component | mǎ | horse; surname |
| 码 | mǎ | number, numeral, symbol; yard |
| 玛 | mǎ | agate, cornelian |
| 骂 | mà | to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold |
| 妈 | mā | mother, mama |
| 蚂 | mǎ | ant; leech |
| 吗 | ma | final interrogative particle |
| 犸 | mǎ | mammoth |
| 杩 | mà | headboard |
Words containing 马
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马山县 | Mǎ shān Xiàn | Mashan, a county in Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 大马 | Dà mǎ | Malaysia |
| 马大 | Mǎ dà | Martha (biblical name) |
| 马子 | mǎ zi | bandit; brigand; gambling chip; chamber pot; (slang) girl; chick; babe |
| 人头马 | Rén tóu mǎ | Rémy Martin cognac |
| 人马 | rén mǎ | men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur |
| 马国 | Mǎ guó | Malaysia |
| 马山 | Mǎ shān | see 馬山縣|马山县[Ma3 shan1 Xian4] |
| 水马 | shuǐ mǎ | water-filled barrier |
| 马头 | mǎ tou | old variant of 碼頭|码头[ma3 tou5] |
| 人高马大 | rén gāo mǎ dà | tall and strong |
| 马尔斯 | Mǎ ěr sī | Mars (Roman God of War) |
| 高头大马 | gāo tóu dà mǎ | (idiom) tall, imposing horse; (of a person) tall and well-built |
| 儿马 | ér mǎ | (coll.) male horse; stallion |
| 天马 | tiān mǎ | (mythology) celestial horse; fine horse; Ferghana horse; (Western mythology) Pegasus |
| 马拉地 | Mǎ lā dì | Marathi language of west India |
| 小马 | xiǎo mǎ | colt; pony |
| 家马 | jiā mǎ | domestic horse |
| 马尔马拉海 | Mǎ ěr mǎ lā Hǎi | Sea of Marmara |
| 海马 | hǎi mǎ | (zoology) sea horse; (anatomy) hippocampus (abbr. for 海馬體|海马体[hai3 ma3 ti3]) |