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马
馬
mǎ
1. horse
2. CL:[[匹<pǐ>]]
3. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
4. knight in Western chess
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

马
mǎ
horse; surname
HSK 3 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

牛马
niúmǎ
oxen and horses
角马
jiǎomǎ
gnu
新马
XīnMǎ
abbr. for Singapore [[新加坡]] and Malaysia [[馬來西亞|马来西亚]]
灶马
zàomǎ
camel cricket
策马
cèmǎ
to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
蓟马
jìmǎ
(zoology) thrips (order Thysanoptera)
征马
zhēngmǎ
horse capable of long expedition
斑马
bānmǎ
zebra
水马
shuǐmǎ
water-filled barrier
海马
hǎimǎ
sea horse
祖马
Zǔmǎ
Zuma (name)
竹马
zhúmǎ
bamboo stick used as a toy horse
良马
liángmǎ
good horse
落马
luòmǎ
(lit.) to fall from a horse
幼马
yòumǎ
young horse
彪马
Biāomǎ
Puma (brand)
拍马
pāimǎ
to urge on a horse by patting its bottom
探马
tànmǎ
mounted scout (arch.)
套马
tàomǎ
to harness a horse
杜马
Dùmǎ
Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament

Alternate Entries

马
Mǎ
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia [[馬來西亞|马来西亚<Mǎláixīyà>]]
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
275
Word Frequency Rank
163 of 84,292
Radical Number
187

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