IDENTITY
马mǎhorse
HSK 1Top 210
CORE MEANING
horse
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.horseHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 马horse radical (mǎ)
- strokes
- 3
- Structure
- single pictograph
- IDS sequence
- ⿹②一
USAGE
Common words
马上mǎshàngright away
马路mǎlùroad
Graded examples
他有一匹马。Tā yǒu yì pǐ mǎ.HSK2
He has a horse.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The character once pictured a horse: mane, legs, and tail still show in the strokes.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #210
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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