horse; surname Ma

HSK 3 #276

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 276th character
Radical ⾺ (187.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 72
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

马 mǎ
  1. 1. horse
  2. 2. surname Ma
  3. 3. abbr. for Malaysia 西mǎ lái xī yà
  4. 4. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  5. 5. knight in Western chess
  6. 6. CL

Stroke order

马 stroke order diagram
马 stroke order animation

Words containing 马

Word Meaning
quick look; only a rough idea
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
lit. the horse loses its front hooves
Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe
Malta (Tw)
Mazda, Japanese car make (derived from name Matsuda sōng tián)
muffin (loanword); also written mǎ fēn
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
huge army; massive force or crowd
fine steed; lit. ten thousand mile horse
crosswalk; zebra crossing
to toady; boot-licking
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
the Latin alphabet
endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom)
vehicles and horses
armored horse; cavalry; metal chimes hanging from eaves
Isle of Man, British Isles; Isle of Mann
Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX founder
carbine; lance
Malé, capital of Maldives
traditional Chinese mandarin jacket
La Marseillaise
Managua, capital of Nicaragua
Mariana Islands in the Pacific